A new collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA and Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association is “unlikely” to happen by the October 31 deadline, sources told Front Office Sports.<\/p>\n
The sources add that the two sides will likely need to extend the deadline.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players are working diligently to achieve a transformational CBA that builds on the growth, momentum, and positive news surrounding women\u2019s sports and the W,\u201d WNBPA executive director\u00a0Terri Carmichael Jackson told FOS. \u201cAs we approach the 60-day mark, the league\u2019s lack of urgency leaves players wondering if it is focused on making this work or just running out the clock.”<\/p>\n
The players are looking to increase their revenue share, receive improved benefits, expand rosters, and implement league-wide workplace standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The WNBA responded to FOS with their own statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been clear with the WNBPA but so there is no doubt\u2014our number one priority is to get a new collective bargaining agreement completed that addresses the players\u2019 priorities while also supporting the long-term growth and success of the league and teams,\u201d a WNBA spokesperson told FOS.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Should the two sides fail to come to an agreement by October 31, they could agree to a brief extension of the previous CBA as they continue their negotiations.<\/p>\n
The WNBA has never lost games due to a work stoppage.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA and Women\u2019s National Basketball Players Association is “unlikely” to happen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,56840,12274,82,630],"class_list":["post-97807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-new-wnba-cba-by-october-31-deadline-appears-unlikely","tag-realgm-wiretap","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97807","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=97807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}