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The two sides have agreed to a 30-day extension for negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Breaking down the WNBA’s CBA negotiations: Key issues and what’s at stake
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With the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the WNBA and the WNBPA (Women’s National Basketball Players Association) set to expire on October 31, the two sides agreed last Thursday to a 30-day extension for negotiations.
Over a year ago, the WNBPA decided to opt out of the CBA signed in January of 2020. The decision reflected that a lot has changed for the WNBA and its players over this five-year span.
This was all before a global pandemic forced the league into a bubble season in Florida. Before Candace Parker won a championship with her hometown team in Chicago, and before Becky Hammon returned to the league she played in to coach the Aces to three championships. Before the New York Liberty broke their 28-year championship curse, and before young stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese took the league to new heights. What was once a 12-team league back in 2020 is now expanding again.
With all of that change, an influx of revenue has come into a league which has struggled for years on the business side. In addition to six new expansion teams total being added by 2030, the league signed an 11-year $2.2 billion media deal with Disney, Amazon and NBC Universal that will begin in 2026. Other media partners including Scripps and Versant have also signed deals with the league for 2026 and beyond.
And as a result, players opted out to fight for a share of the new money that they believe they deserve amid changing circumstances for the league.
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