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Aug 19, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of WNBA basketball during the game between the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee\/Image of Sport-Imagn Images <\/p>\nAug 19, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of WNBA basketball during the game between the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee\/Image of Sport-Imagn Images <\/p>\n
The WNBA and WNBA Players Association agreed late Sunday night to extend their collective bargaining agreement until Jan. 9, 2026, and continue negotiations toward a new agreement.<\/p>\n
The announcement came just before the CBA’s expiration at 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, which was the first extension after the initial deadline of Oct. 31. The players exercised their opt-out of that agreement last year, with player salaries and the revenue-sharing model among their key issues.<\/p>\n
The WNBA, in a statement to ESPN, announced the extension of about 40 days “with either party having the option to terminate the extension with 48 hours’ advance notice.”<\/p>\n
ESPN reported that the players union moved from a proposed 24-hour extension to six weeks, while the league offered 21 days before the agreed new timetable.<\/p>\n
“We expect substantive movement from the league within this window,” the union said in a statement to ESPN.<\/p>\n
Failure to reach an agreement could result in a work stoppage with the players going on strike or the owners initiating a lockout.<\/p>\n
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They also could continue with the current CBA or agree to a new one, though the sides seem far apart in negotiations, per reports.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago, according to multiple reports, the WNBA proposed a maximum player salary of more than $1.1 million. The league’s CBA proposal, which would include revenue sharing, would set the league minimum at more than $220,000 and allow more than one player per team to make the maximum salary, per the reports. The figures would grow each year.<\/p>\n
The league’s minimum salary for the 2025 season was $66,079 and its supermax contract was $249,244, per an ESPN report.<\/p>\n
The WNBPA were not receptive to the proposal, ESPN reported. They would prefer a salary cap system that grows with the economics of the league, such as in the NBA, which ties the salary cap directly to business-related income.<\/p>\n
The players also are making priorities of minimum standards in facilities, charter travel policies and expanded retirement and family planning benefits, ESPN reported.<\/p>\n
The league seeks to build sustained profitability after operating in the past at losses, while increasing player salaries and other spending with owners investing in operations, per the report.<\/p>\n
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