In October, when the Washington Mystics won their first-ever WNBA championship title, it was a pretty big deal. But unlike other championship-winning teams, the Mystics didn’t get a full-fledged parade to celebrate.

That’s not because the city doesn’t care about its WNBA team. (Indeed, there’s a parade slated for this spring.) Mystics head coach Mike Thibault said in a statement after the championship win that “many of our players have commitments to play internationally and some, including Emma [Meesseman], will have to leave town as early as tomorrow.” And Mystics players aren’t the only folks in the league with these arrangements. Currently, many league players head overseas in Europe during the offseason, risking injury to supplement their WNBA salaries.

Those conditions could soon change with a new collective bargaining agreement announced Tuesday. Once ratified by the player’s association and the league’s board, the agreement would nearly double the salary cap, guarantee paid maternity leave, and provide better travel accommodations for players.

Finals MVP Elena Delle Donne, who’s long been vocal about pay inequality and played a major role in the negotiations for the new CBA, tweeted her excitement about the win: “A historic day. Relentless dedication and hardwork by the @TheWNBPA and @WNBA to get this done. #BetOnWomen ??”

Mystics player Natasha Cloud joined the #BetOnWomen reactions on Instagram, captioning a photo of the Mystics with, “CBA type mood.” In May, Cloud told a reporter, “We’re not asking to be paid millions like our NBA counterparts. We’re asking for enough to be financially stable.”

Cloud told Washingtonian at the time, “Women are suffering. Women are at the forefront because we’re fed up—the women’s national [soccer and hockey teams], and it trickles down, it starts as a miniature snowball. For us it started with our CBA and opting out of it. We’re fighting.” (The players union opted out of the CBA agreement in 2018 as part of a bid to seek higher pay and better working conditions.)

Meesseman, the team’s highest paid player at $117,500 annually, is also a forward for Russian team UMMC Ekaterinburg. By comparison, the NBA’s salary minimum is close to $900,000.

The new CBA will also affect Mystics player Kristi Toliver, who moonlights as a Wizards assistant coach. In her role with the Wizards, she makes $10,000 for a gig that typically pays ten times that amount, due to WNBA restrictions. With the new agreement, players like Toliver could make what they’re owed.

In addition to new childcare benefits, the new eight-year CBA will allow top players to earn more than $500,000, and the league-wide salary will average more than six figures for the first time in the league’s history.

Following complaints from 6’8 players squeezing into coach plane seats, all players will fly “comfort-plus” or its equivalents, and have individual rooms while traveling. New in-season competitions, such as the “Commissioner’s Cup,” will earn teams some serious prize money, and player bonuses for top performance will be boosted, per the New York Times.

The new agreement begs the question: just how likely is it that players’ salaries will increase in the 2020 season and beyond? The Mystics organization didn’t immediately respond to a DCist request for comment, but Wizards and Mystics owner Ted Leonsis shared his congratulations to the players union for the victory on Twitter.

Leonsis added that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will present the Mystics with their championship banner on the Mystics’ home opener on May 16. “This new CBA is a fantastic accomplishment for our new Commissioner—Labor, peace, partnership & mutual prosperity,” he wrote.

Engelbert also announced new investments and partnerships with “WNBA Changemakers” AT&T, Deloitte, and Nike to sponsor the league changes.

“We approached these negotiations with a player-first agenda, and I am pleased that this agreement guarantees substantial increases in compensation and progressive benefits for the women of the WNBA,” Engelbert said in a statement.

If the bargaining agreement brings the sweeping, league-wide change it promises, more Mystics players will be able to stay home during the off-season. And, following the next championship win, maybe a parade wouldn’t have to be pushed to the next year.

This story has been updated with the date of the Mystics’ home opener.