{"id":241561,"date":"2025-10-26T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241561\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:00:25","slug":"wnba-wnbpa-could-be-headed-toward-extension-for-cba-talks-as-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/241561\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA, WNBPA could be headed toward extension for CBA talks as deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WNBA and WNBPA are \u201ctrying to get a deal done\u201d for the CBA before the Oct. 31 deadline and \u201ccould always choose to extend negotiations,\u201d a tactic used the last time the CBA was negotiated in 2019, according to Doug Feinberg of the AP. Sources mentioned that the sides have had meetings over the past few weeks, including one in N.Y. last Thursday. The WNBA\u2019s offers to this point have \u201cclearly not been to the players\u2019 liking<\/a>, although it is unclear how far apart the sides are in terms of salary parameters\u201d (AP, 10\/22<\/a>). ESPN.com\u2019s Andrews & Philippou noted that the passing of the deadline \u201cdoesn\u2019t mean\u201d a lockout<\/a> will \u201cautomatically happen.\u201d It is \u201cmore likely that if no deal comes before then, the league and the union will agree on an extension to give them more time to reach a settlement.\u201d A league source mentioned that they \u201cdid not believe a new deal would be agreed upon by the Halloween deadline but was optimistic that a work stoppage would not come into fruition.\u201d Extending the deadline has \u201cwider concerns\u201d with two new franchises, Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire<\/a> starting play next season, an expansion draft for both teams has to be held before a \u201csupersized free agency that will feature most of the league\u2019s players who aren\u2019t currently on their rookie contracts.\u201d The source added assuming there is an extension agreed upon for CBA talks, their \u201cexpectation is for the expansion draft to take place as soon as possible after the CBA is put in place.\u201d But, without knowing exactly how long the extension would be for, \u201cit\u2019s difficult for the two new franchises to plan without a specific timeline or any set rules\u201d (ESPN.com, 10\/22<\/a>).<\/p>\n

MANY THINGS TO ADDRESS: THE ATHLETIC\u2019s Sabreena Merchant writes as the league and players \u201cbarrel toward the deadline, the discord primarily stems from one issue: revenue sharing.\u201d A source mentioned that the league is \u201cproposing a revenue-sharing system similar in structure to the current model with a fixed salary cap and additional revenue sharing, which is triggered at certain targets.\u201d The source said that the target is \u201cmore attainable than what is in the present CBA.\u201d Merchant: \u201cThe players aren\u2019t looking far for a preferable model: The NBA salary cap is determined by the league\u2019s basketball-related income (BRI).\u201d The league is \u201cmandated to pay between 49 and 51 percent of BRI to the players.\u201d Once a revenue-sharing structure is agreed upon, \u201cother issues remain vital to striking a deal.\u201d Throughout the 2025 season, players said that the \u201cincreased cadence of games<\/a> was too taxing on their bodies.\u201d If the schedule becomes \u201cmore onerous,\u201d players said that rosters \u201cshould be bigger so teams don\u2019t have to rely on hardship contracts when there\u2019s an injury or international competitions\u201d (THE ATHLETIC, 10\/23<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA and WNBPA are \u201ctrying to get a deal done\u201d for the CBA before the Oct. 31…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[461,49,48,82,630,4143],"class_list":["post-241561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}