{"id":316878,"date":"2025-11-30T18:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316878\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:21:08","slug":"wnba-cba-extension-nears-expiration-as-gaps-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316878\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA CBA extension nears expiration as gaps remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">Tonight marks the expiration of the WNBA\u2019s 30-day extension of the CBA and \u201csignificant gaps remain\u201d in talks between the league and WNBPA, \u201cespecially regarding the league\u2019s salary system going forward,\u201d according to sources. Sources said that during the last month, the two sides have \u201cexchanged updated proposals and continued meeting, including the latest bargaining session on Saturday.\u201d The WNBPA has \u201crepeatedly proposed a system in which player salaries are linked to a percentage of the revenue generated by the league.\u201d A resolution about continued negotiations is \u201cexpected by Sunday\u2019s deadline &#8212; after one more meeting between the parties.\u201d If the sides elect \u201cnot to reach another extension, a work stoppage would still not take effect immediately.\u201d The sides would \u201cinstead enter a period of status quo, which would keep working conditions the same and continue to allow players to use team facilities and receive medical benefits.\u201d However, at any point, the union or league \u201ccould announce a work stoppage.\u201d The sides can also \u201ccontinue negotiating in the status quo period.\u201d The sides \u201ccould still agree to another extension\u201d by today\u2019s deadline (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6848457\/2025\/11\/30\/wnba-players-union-cba-extension-deadline\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6848457\/2025\/11\/30\/wnba-players-union-cba-extension-deadline\/ \">THE ATHLETIC, 11\/30<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">One of the \u201cbiggest sticking points in negotiations has centered on revenue sharing.\u201d The WNBA has \u201csaid it\u2019s proposed an \u2018uncapped\u2019 revenue sharing model.\u201d But the union is \u201cpushing for a model where players\u2019 salaries are determined by revenue.\u201d It is an idea that is \u201csimilar to the NBA\u2019s revenue sharing model in which salary cap is determined by the league\u2019s basketball-related income.\u201d Players are also \u201cpursuing improved benefits in this round of CBA negotiations.\u201d They also \u201cwant roster expansion, a softer salary cap and to codify charter travel, which was approved by the league in 2024 but not officially written into the current CBA\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/sports\/where-wnba-labor-negotiations-stand-as-first-extended-deadline-nears\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/30\/sports\/where-wnba-labor-negotiations-stand-as-first-extended-deadline-nears\/ \">N.Y. POST, 11\/30<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-leagues-and-governing-bodies \">A recent Seton Hall Sports Poll revealed that a majority of Americans believe that WNBA players are unfairly paid compared to NBA players, and three in five Americans (58%) back a strike by WNBA players if there is no CBA reached by the current deadline. The poll, conducted October 3-6 among 1,519 adults nationwide, showed more than half of U.S. adults (54%) say WNBA players are unfairly compensated compared to NBA players which is three times as many who disagree (18%) (<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/2025\/11\/25\/americans-say-wnba-players-are-underpaid-and-should-strike-if-no-labor-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/2025\/11\/25\/americans-say-wnba-players-are-underpaid-and-should-strike-if-no-labor-agreement\/\">Seton Hall Sports Poll<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight marks the expiration of the WNBA\u2019s 30-day extension of the CBA and \u201csignificant gaps remain\u201d in talks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[461,49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-316878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316878","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=316878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}