The WNBA and WNBPA have agreed to a 30-day extension of their current collective bargaining agreement after it was set to expire on October 31st in order for the sides to continue negotiating through November 30th. The WNBA opted out of the CBA more than a year ago.
The agreement signals that both parties want to continue negotiations in hopes of reaching a deal soon.
Sources told ESPN that they didn’t believe a work stoppage was imminent even before the extension. The players have implied, however, that the two sides are far apart on what a salary system and revenue sharing should look like. The players are seeking a salary system that uses basketball-related income to determine its salary cap rather than a fixed rate model used currently.
The league has insisted it has offered an “uncapped revenue sharing model that is directly tied to the league’s performance.”
Front Office Sports reported earlier this month that the league’s proposal included a supermax salary around $850,000 and the veteran minimum around $300,000. Those figures are believed to have changed since then. The current CBA pays a supermax of $249,244 and $66,079.Â