Because the injury happened during her WNBA obligations, her salary was protected and the Aces wouldn't have had any benefit in waiving her. It's a temporary roster spot that must be granted by the league. No. Indiana: Williams-Holliday, Ameshya Sign Rookie Scale Contract, Indiana: Emma Cannon Waivers Cleared Dallas: Alarie, Bella Set Active But starting last season, the league changed the policy to allow earlier exceptions . To be eligible for the WNBA draft, all domestic players must have no remaining collegiate eligibility, or they must renounce it in writing at least 10 days before the date of the draft. Minnesota: Hannah Sjerven Sign Rookie Scale Contract Based on this ranking, teams receive the following number of combinations from the 1,000 assigned combinations (11-12-13-14 is not assigned to any team): For each of the top two picks, four balls will be drawn from a lottery machine. If a player signs any contract, whether it is the qualifying offer or a negotiated contract, while under the core designation, they will be considered that team's one allowable cored player until the contract expires, is terminated, or is traded. She and Taurasi have a 2-year old son, Leo. Minnesota: Dantas, Damiris Sign Training Camp Contract Historically, many WNBA players have arrived late for camp or even missed the opening games of the regular season due to overseas commitments. The prioritization section of the CBA specifies that "the WNBA shall suspend" or "the WNBA shall fine" the relevant player. 16 pick in the 2020 draft, earns a supermax contract, she will go from $76,183 to $241,984 in 2024, which is an increase of 218%. Although the financial factor isn't as important with the WNBA's hard salary cap, there is an impact. Las Vegas: Aisha Sheppard Required Tender Made New York: Xu, Han Sign Training Camp Contract Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne - Hardship Release . Chicago: Smalls, Kamiah Waived, Washington: Jackson, MeMe Waivers Cleared This gets the Fever, a team under the team minimum, closer to that benchmark and lessens the shortfall the team owed its players by about $45,000. The league allows extensions up to the supermax as a way of incentivizing star players to stay with the team that drafted them. Phoenix: Taurasi, Diana Sign Regular Contract New York: Dangerfield, Crystal Sign ROS Contract Las Vegas: Peterson, Alexis Sign Training Camp Contract Outstanding qualifying offers, except those that would become training camp contracts (1st year of rookie contract or one-year, non-guaranteed, minimum salary contracts) if accepted, count against the salary cap as a cap hold. Minnesota: Sjerven, Hannah Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Players typically sign contracts in terms of an annual salary, which is the base salary of a contract that lasts the entirety of the regular season. Chicago is trading its own 2022 1st round pick (#7) and 2023 1st round pick to Indiana. Additionally, any player who is just finishing the fourth year of their rookie contract is also eligible. Phoenix: Turner, Brianna Suspended Partial Season Connecticut: Cole, Taja Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Waived New York: Carrera, Raquel Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights from Atlanta** It is unclear whether or not the league would pay players these bonuses if the festivities had to be canceled on short notice after the participants had been selected. This means the 2019 season (34 games) held more impact on this calculation for the 2021 draft than the 2020 season (22 games). Those two payments are unique to the 2020 season, as they still counted on the teams' salary cap even if the player opted out. Contract that is paid or payable in U.S. dollars to a WNBA player (including players whose Player Contracts have been terminated) for rendering services under such Contract. Indiana: Lexie Hull Required Tender Made However, if a player on a core designation is traded, that does not count against a team's limit. Indiana Fever: Lindsay Allen Sign Training Camp Contract The time off bonus clause in the contract will specify that a player is permitted to play a given number of days professionally outside of the WNBA during the offseason. Dallas: Jasmine Dickey- Sign Rookie Scale Contract While protection is the term used in the CBA, it is commonly referred to as guaranteeing a salary. Seattle: Paisley Harding Sign Training Camp Contract When the CBA was agreed to in January 2020, max salaries went up 82% ($117,500 to $215,00) while the cap only grew 30% ($996,100 to $1.3 million), forcing general managers to be creative in . Indiana: Nared, Jaime Waivers Cleared She spent three seasons (2017-19) with Dallas, where she averaged 6.0 points in 19.2 minutes in 33 games in her most . Washington: Shakira Austin Required Tender Made Undrafted players are only given contracts for up to two years, with no team option. These contracts are used as a flexible alternative to standard or rest-of-season contracts when filling out the roster, or when covering for an injured player. Activities like soccer or baseball are also deemed to be an excessive risk-yet softball is explicitly listed as an acceptable activity. Chicago: McGee-Stafford, Imani Waivers Cleared Washington Burke, Kennedy Set Active Connecticut: Charles, Kaila Waivers Cleared Washington: Westbrook, Evina 7-Day Contract Release The Wings also had the power to only let her go elsewhere if they got a good enough return because they had cored her and had her exclusive negotiation rights. Connecticut: Jordan Lewis Required Tender Made The base salaries, meaning salary without any bonuses, are fully specified for each draft pick for every draft governed by this CBA. Los Angeles: Burrell, Rae Sign Rookie Scale Contract Phoenix: Cunningham, Sophie QO Extended This is what happens when players opt out of the season, like Maya Moore in 2019 and 2020, and all the non-medical opt-outs that occurred before the shortened 2020 season. That is true regardless of whether the team played 26% of its games (9 out of 34), 29% of its games (10 out of 34), or some other number. "So I had to drive an hour to Austin and got on a direct flight.". Connecticut: Jones, Stephanie Waivers Cleared Indiana: Davis, Rennia QO Extended Players are also still allowed to arrive late or leave temporarily during the season to represent their national teams in major international competitions without violating these rules, as long as it's for no more than two weeks of training before the relevant competition begins and they return to their WNBA team within 48 hours of their national team's play being completed. Washington: Christyn Williams Sign Rookie Scale Contract Once a trade has been made, the player's full base salary for the season transfers from the old team to the new team's salary sheet. Seattle Storm: Briann January Sign Regular Contract In 2023, that player would have three years of experience and would earn $69,770. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana: Hatr, Bernadett Sign Training Camp Contract All contracts become fully guaranteed after the midpoint of the season, so it is common to see a wave of cuts before the midpoint of the season. New York: Shook, Kylee Rights Renounced Free agents designated as a core player by their team are also eligible for the supermax regardless of their years of service. Chicago Sky: Kahleah Copper Core QO Extended, Dallas Wings: Luisa Geiselsoder Waivers Cleared, New York Liberty: Paris Kea QO Extended Seattle: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Indiana Fever: Kysre Gondrezick Waived, Atlanta Dream: Maite Cazorla Personal Decision Full Season, Phoenix Mercury: Angel Robinson QO Not Extended Minnesota: Smalls, Kamiah Hardship Release Minnesota: Davis, Rennia Hardship Release, Dallas: Jefferson, Moriah Waivers Cleared Much like extensions, what happens after a contract expires is determined by the type of contract and whether or not the team has taken certain actions. Minnesota: Jefferson, Moriah Sign ROS Contract The Indiana Fever announced today the team signed 2020 WNBA Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield to a hardship exception contract. The 5-7 guard was drafted in the second round of the 2021 WNBA Draft by Las Vegas and went on to play 21 games with the Aces in her rookie season. However, it could be in the interest of a team to make a trade to get their team salary above the minimum before the season ends. Atlanta: Que Morrison Sign Training Camp Contract And Seattle is the farthest city in the country for someone to get to. Dallas: Jasmine Dickey Required Tender Made Players who work out a deal with their team do not get paid for the seasons they are suspended nor do they gain years of service, but it "starts the clock" on their rookie contract to bring players closer to graduating to larger contracts not governed by the rookie scale. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Karlie Sign Training Camp Contract New York is trading its own 2023 1st round pick (#6) and the contract of Rebecca Allen to Connecticut. 12 p.m. CT: Williams deals with what she described as the most difficult part of her journey: getting through TSA security at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Minnesota: Dangerfield, Crystal Waivers Cleared Indiana Fever: Chelsey Perry QO Extended Seattle Storm: Mercedes Russell Sign Regular Contract She finished her second WNBA season in 2021, averaging 7.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 31 games. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign Training Camp Contract Phoenix: Anigwe, Kristine Waived New York trades the contract of Michaela Onyenwere to Phoenix. That limit can also vary from season to season in a contract. Chicago: Allemand, Julie Suspended Partial Season A 2020 third-round pick would earn the lowest full-season salary among all players in 2021, $58,141, if they make the team. Washington: Burke, Kennedy Awarded on Waivers Washington: Machida, Rui QO Extended Minnesota: Bibby, Chloe Waived Indiana: Perry, Chelsey Personal Decision Full Season Only players with six or more years of service at the time the contract is signed may receive a trade bonus. Indiana Fever: Bernadett Hatar Sign Training Camp Contract, Indiana Fever: Jantel Lavender Waived Atlanta: Caldwell, Maya 7-Day Contract Release, Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) "Austin's airport is terrible in the sense that there's no TSA PreCheck (line)," she said. The further the team gets, the higher the bonus. Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine Sign 7-Day 1st Contract The tables below show the terms for rookie contracts by draft class. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Sign Contract Extension The bonus can be added to the contract at any point, provided the contract did not initially have one. In years with an Olympic hiatus, the expanded schedule for games translates to an expanded schedule for payments. First, any rookie who either goes undrafted or whose team cuts or renounces the rights to them immediately becomes an unrestricted free agent. Chicago: Wells, Kayla Waivers Cleared Phoenix: Simms, Jennie Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Minnesota: Milic, Nikolina Hardship Release. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract It is mentioned, but not required, that the payments may be in proportion to salary. Connecticut Sun: Beatrice Mompremier QO Extended After a high school career that made her the nation's top-ranked point guard, she played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. Washington Mystics: Klara Lundquist Personal Decision Full Season, Washington Mystics: MeMe Jackson Sign Training Camp Contract All those players informed their teams before the season that they did not intend to play that season, which is why it is called a voluntary suspension. The Collective Bargaining Agreement, is the agreement between the WNBA and the WNBA Players Association. PAUL - The Minnesota Lynx tonight selected Kayla Jones and Hannah Sjerven in the 2022 WNBA Draft as the team's 22nd and 28th overall picks, respectively. Seattle Storm: Stephanie Talbot Sign Training Camp Contract Washington: Jones, Jazmine Sign ROS Contract Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release However, the replacement contract begins at 75% of the regular minimum before proration. The two teams who are not drawn in the lottery are given the Nos. Eligibility for each level is governed by the number of years of service a player has among other criteria. The Indiana Fever signed former Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield to a hardship exemption contract. Las Vegas: Aifuwa, Faustine Waived Connecticut Sun: Keyona Hayes Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas Aces: Destiny Slocum Waivers Cleared, Dallas Wings: Bella Alarie Personal Decision Full Season, Chicago Sky: Li Yueru Sign Rookie Scale Contract. Chicago Sky: Julie Allemand Traded from Indiana Fever** The first, and most common one, is for a player to be at least 22 years old by December 31 of the calendar year of the draft. A replacement contract is similar to a rest-of-season contract, but teams are only allowed to sign a player to a replacement contract if multiple players are currently unable to play under a hardship or emergency hardship exception. Connecticut: Mompremier, Beatrice Awarded on Waivers Davis signed a hardship contract with the Storm on May 13 and was active for one game before being released from the contract on May 18. Atlanta: Rhyne Howard Required Tender Made 10:20 a.m. CT: Williams first hears from her agent about the opportunity with the Storm. Washington: Jones, Stephanie Sign Training Camp Contract This includes players drafted out of college, as well as any players who go undrafted. The specified amount for the trade bonus can either be expressed as a percentage of remaining base salary or as a specific dollar amount. The Dream signed Slocum to a hardship contract Wednesday, Khristina Williams of Girls Talk Sports TV reports. Minnesota: Shepard, Jessica Sign Contract Extension These bonuses are constant throughout the current CBA, but if the maximum number of playoff games increases, they increase by 10%. Once extended, a restricted qualifying offer makes the player a restricted free agent unless the team decides to revoke it. Undrafted players will typically become 'reserved' players but could become free agents once their contracts expire. Offer sheets may be negotiated at any time beginning on January 15, but may not be signed until February 1. Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign 7-Day 2nd Contract However, the prioritization rules do apply in 2023 to players such as Sabrina Ionescu who have will have played 3 years in the W prior to the start of the 2023 season. Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Set Active, Minnesota: Sims, Odyssey Waived On May 14, the Storm signed Raina Perez when Epiphanny Prince and Breanna Stewart entered protocols hours before the team played the Mercury in Perez's hometown of Phoenix. Atlanta Dream: Blake Dietrick QO Not Extended Chicago: Gondrezick, Kysre Waivers Cleared Chicago: Fitzgerald, Feyonda Sign Training Camp Contract Los Angeles: Olivia Nelson-Ododa Required Tender Made The salary cap is calculated with base salaries, rather than salary that is actually paid by each team. Seattle Storm: Gabby Williams Trade from Los Angeles Sparks* The fourth-year option, which is included for drafted rookies only, is a team option. Teams may be below the minimum before the season and throughout the season with no penalty. If the player has a fully protected salary, this is not an issue because they will earn the same amount regardless of when in the season they are released. She was signed to a short-term injury hardship contract by Houston on . For the Lakers, it would pave the way for them to sign a player to a 10-day contract. Seattle: Westbrook, Evina Waivers Cleared Atlanta: Robinson, Danielle Traded1 A hardship exception is a temporary roster spot granted to a team who has met the qualifications mentioned. This means if a two-year veteran extension is signed with one year left on the original contract, the contract now runs for a total of three more years: the one remaining year of the original contract and the two years of the extension. The first possible reason is that a player simply doesn't want to play for the team that drafted them. Las Vegas: Gray, Chelsea Contract Amendment Time-Off Bonus hardship or emergency hardship exceptions, All-Star Three Point or Skills Non-Winners, WNBA MVP or All-WNBA First Team in the fourth year of their rookie scale contract, WNBA MVP or All-WNBA First Team in two of the first three years of their rookie scale contract, Qualifying offers (excluding core qualifying offers). If not, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent. Chicago: Maley, Anneli Waived Evina Westbrook signed a hardship contract with the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, the franchise announced. Menu. Indiana: Ameshya Williams-Holliday Required Tender Made, Atlanta: Naz Hillmon Required Tender Made This stops teams from passing off a player so another team can get the rights to core the player or sign them to a supermax as a free agent. Her mom was off work Friday and was able to drive Williams to the airport. This means if a player is given the core designation in the 2021 preseason and negotiates a two-year contract while still under that designation, they will not be able to be cored for the remainder of their careers once the contract expires in 2023. In the case of players who were suspended for the final season of their contract, there is no qualifying offer and therefore there is no cap hold. This is what allowed Skylar Diggins-Smith to be cored by Dallas, re-signed by Dallas, and then traded immediately to Phoenix even though Griner was already on the roster with a core designation. Chicago: Davis, Kaela Waivers Cleared New York: Jones, Jonquel Traded1, Atlanta: Mompremier, Beatrice QO Extended Phoenix: Macee Williams Required Tender Made Dallas Wings: Destinee Walker Sign Training Camp Contract, Las Vegas Aces: Sydney Colson Sign Training Camp Contract This combination of rules stops a team from matching the offer sheet to a player solely to use that player as a trade chip without the player having a say in their destination. If the injury happens midseason, however, the team has to choose between cutting the player and continuing to pay them, as outlined above, or keeping the player under contract and paying them. Indiana: Hatar, Bernadett Non-WNBA Injury Full Season Los Angeles: Guirantes, Arella Waived Indiana Fever: Bria Hartley Traded from Phoenix Mercury** Indiana: Ali Patberg Required Tender Made On January 1, 2022, they can begin to trade 2023 picks. The salary cap is the maximum allowed total salary of all the players a team has on the books. For example, this means a 2020 second-round pick who doesn't sign until 2021 would sign for the 2021 base salary for second-rounders, $61,543, instead of the 2020 base salary, $59,750. A qualifying offer is a contract that a player's previous team offers to the player in order to ensure negotiation restrictions apply to the player. Chicago trades Phoenixs 2023 1st round draft pick (#5), their own 2024 1st round draft pick, and the right to swap the teams own 2025 1st round draft picks to Dallas; their own 2024 3rd round draft pick and their own 2025 2nd round draft pick to Phoenix; and the draft rights to Leonie Fiebich and their own 2024 2nd round draft pick to New York. The team can trade the player before they have been given a core designation, and then the new team can core the player for the next season. (Where) they're actually here in market, they're not traveling and then have to play a game. Los Angeles: Samuelson, Katie Lou Sign Contract Extension Indiana: Chagas, Florencia Set Active, New York: Raincock-Ekunwe, Nayo Rights Renounced Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Waivers Cleared Minnesota: Hooks, CeCe Waived Washington: Harper, Linnae Waived Minnesota: Allen, Lindsay Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Jones, Jazmine 7-Day Contract Release This does not include players given a medical exemption as we saw in the 2020 season. Time off bonuses are payments made to players to encourage them to refrain from or limit the time spent performing basketball activities with other organizations in the WNBA offseason. Washington: Jones, Jazmine QO Extended If a player with an unprotected base salary were cut, they would not earn any money for the remainder of the regular season, but a player with a protected contract would still receive either all or part of their remaining salary. Dallas Wings: Tyasha Harris Team Option Exercised It appears trades can resume sometime in January, but the CBA does not explicitly state when that date is. Minnesota: Westbrook, Evina Sign ROS Contract Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Sign Training Camp Contract Connecticut: Washington, Delicia Waivers Cleared Atlanta trades the exclusive negotiating rights to Tiffany Hayes to Connecticut in exchange for New Yorks 2023 1st round draft pick (#6). The CBA specifies that the payments begin on or around June 1 and continue until approximately September 15. Las Vegas: Aisha Sheppard Sign Rookie Scale Contract Third-round picks are scheduled to receive a 5% increase in their third season and a 14.29% increase in their fourth season. In that case, they would be considered a Suspended--Contract Expired player. In 2020, it was on August 28 at 8 p.m. EST, approximately halftime of the game between the Lynx and the Dream, and just as Sparks vs. Sun was about to tip off. A restricted free agent is a free agent who has been extended a restricted qualifying offer from the team they played for at the end of the previous season. June 28, 2020 . Chicago: Gardner, Rebekah Sign Regular Contract The only contracts that must have base salary protection are fourth-year option seasons on rookie contracts and signed core qualifying offers. Time off bonuses can be added even if the original contract did not include one, and they take effect in the first offseason following the extension. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release Atlanta: Hayes, Tiffany Suspended Partial Season, Atlanta: Charles, Kaila Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) In order to qualify as an international player, they must have been born and reside outside of the United States. Any player who has not completed their offseason playing obligations by the start of the 2023 regular season will be suspended for the entire 2023 season. In both of those situations, the rookie contract is signed in a year other than the year the player is drafted, so the player would sign for the rookie scale salary for the year they signed rather than the year they were drafted. In this situation, the player and their team may work out an agreement to suspend the player for that season. May 13, 2022. If a player signs during training camp in 2023, they still get retroactively fined as if they'd been under contract from the beginning. Connecticut: Holmes, Joyner Sign 7-Day 1st Contract Atlanta: Hillsman, Khaalia Waivers Cleared, Phoenix: Williams, Macee Waivers Cleared Seattle Storm: Jordin Canada QO Extended They also must have been under contract for at least part of each of the two previous seasons. Phoenix: Simms, Jennie 7-Day Contract Release Minnesota: Smalls, Kamiah Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Minnesota: Cunane, Elissa Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Dallas: Veronica Burton Required Tender Made Chicago: Williams, Courtney Sign Regular Contract Phoenix: Gray, Reshanda 7-Day Contract Release, New York: Cubaj, Lorela Waivers Cleared Additionally, the exclusive negotiating rights to a player are valuable to a team with little financial commitment, so it is unlikely their team would give in to a holdout like this. *Indiana trades Teaira McCowan, Chicagos 2022 1st round draft pick (#7), and Chicagos 2023 1st round draft pick to Dallas in exchange for Los Angeless 2022 1st round draft pick (#4), Dallass 2022 1st round draft pick (#6), and Dallass 2023 1st round draft pick. Teams must make this tender within seven days of the draft, and if they do offer a contract within seven days then the player cannot negotiate with any other team. Las Vegas: Winters, Deja Waived This means if a player is earning $60,000 and loses $5,000 due to a suspension, the player will earn $55,000 but the team's salary will still reflect the original $60,000. Seattle Storm: Mercedes Russell QO Extended Phoenix trades the contract of Diamond DeShields to Dallas; the right to swap the teams own 2025 1st round draft picks to New York; and their own 2024 2nd round draft pick to Chicago. Minnesota: Sims, Odyssey Sign Training Camp Contract Atlanta Dream: Crystal Bradford QO Not Extended Teams may not include cash or any other compensation in trades. Chicago: Kaba, Masseny Waived 47 6 thatphanom.techno@gmail.com 042-532028 , 042-532027 Phoenix: Davis, Kaela Sign ROS Contract (Hardship), Phoenix: Turner, Yvonne Hardship Release That is about a 6% difference. New York: Fiebich, Leonie Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 Los Angeles Sparks: Chennedy Carter Traded from Atlanta Dream* Westbrook, a 6-0 guard, was drafted 21st overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2022 WNBA Draft and registered 18 points, five rebounds and three assists in the two preseason games she appeared. Los Angeles Sparks: Lauren Cox Sign Training Camp Contract This is different from other American sports leagues, including the NBA, where cash is often packaged with players to balance out trades. They drafted me. Los Angeles: Thomas, Jasmine Traded1, Dallas: Dangerfield, Crystal Traded Exclusive Negotiating Rights1 No, not all players whose contracts have expired become free agents. Seattle: Harding, Paisley Waivers Cleared Chicago: Mabrey, Marina Traded1 The only way that a team can go above the salary cap during the regular season is if the league has granted them hardship or emergency hardship exceptions. Trade bonuses cannot be for more than 10% of the player's remaining base salary on their contract, not just the season the trade takes place. 21 draft pick out of UConn, to a hardship contract. Washington: Shakira Austin Sign Rookie Scale Contract Las Vegas: Macaulay, Victoria Waived This season's issues with 10 WNBA players already entering the health and safety protocols, however, have introduced a new class of hardship replacements stepping in for players who enter the protocols after a positive test for COVID-19. Washington: Hawkins, Tianna Sign Training Camp Contract . There are two types of maximum base salaries - one standard maximum and a higher maximum for players who meet any of a number of criteria. Teams are ranked by their win-loss percentage over the past two seasons, regardless of differences in games played. Davis, a 6-1 forward, will be available to play immediately as the . Typically the trade deadline is between half and two-thirds of the way through the season. Connecticut: Nia Clouden Required Tender Made Rookie scale contract extensions must be signed between February 1 and May 15 following the third season covered by the player's rookie scale contract. Phoenix: Cannon, Emma Sign ROS Contract (Hardship) Minnesota: Ursin, Moon Waived Teams are limited to rostering a maximum of six players with any form of salary protection on their contract, even if it isn't until a future season, so to burn one of those six protections on 50% of a player's salary is not always the most efficient decision. Phoenix: Williams, Macee Waived 1 pick in the draft. For example, Brittney Griner was cored in January of 2020 and signed a three-year contract with Phoenix that runs through the 2022 season. Any player who does not fulfill their offseason playing obligations, but would have surpassed their maximum allowed days competing professionally if they did, is not eligible to earn their time off bonus. . 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