{"id":251276,"date":"2025-10-31T01:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251276\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T01:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:16:13","slug":"wnba-players-agree-to-30-day-extension-one-day-before-cba-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251276\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA, players agree to 30-day extension one day before CBA expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WNBA and Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association agreed to a 30-day extension ahead of the current collective bargaining agreement\u2019s Friday expiration date, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benpickman\/status\/1984051501032206508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, reached Thursday night, postponed the deadline until 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 30 and delayed a potential work stoppage.<\/p>\n<p>The players accepted the league\u2019s offer to extend the current CBA as the two sides continue to meet at the bargaining table to hash out a deal.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37536006\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP_WNBA_Finals_Basketball_88155-358d3-0-1.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Las Vegas. \" class=\"wp-image-37536006\"  \/>WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Las Vegas.  AP<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, though, players will still have access to their team facilities and receive medical benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations for a new deal ramped up in recent weeks ahead of the deadline, though the two sides remain at odds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA submitted a proposal to the players union on Oct. 1, and the WNBPA responded with a counterproposal Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The biggest sticking point in negotiations has centered around revenue sharing and a complementary salary model.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>While the WNBA has never missed games due to labor disputes, it\u2019s not unusual for negotiations to go beyond a current deal\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n<p>During the last CBA cycle, the league and WNBPA didn\u2019t ratify a deal until January 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37536052\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2240645767.jpg\" alt=\"WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert presents trophy to the Las Vegas Aces after the game against the Phoenix Mercury during Game Four of the WNBA Finals on October 10, 2025 at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. \" class=\"wp-image-37536052\"  \/>WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert presents trophy to the Las Vegas Aces after the game against the Phoenix Mercury during Game Four of the WNBA Finals on October 10, 2025 at PHX Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.  NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>But every one of the league\u2019s offseason events \u2014 including the draft lottery, two expansion drafts, free agency and college draft \u2014 will be put on hold until a new CBA is finalized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The draft lottery usually happens in November or December. The Valkyries\u2019 expansion draft took place Dec. 6, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Free agency starts late January, while the college draft isn\u2019t until April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The WNBA and Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association agreed to a 30-day extension ahead of the current collective&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,3457,82,630],"class_list":["post-251276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251276","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=251276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}