{"id":353234,"date":"2025-12-17T02:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353234\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:30:07","slug":"adam-silver-drops-optimistic-take-on-cba-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/353234\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Silver drops optimistic take on CBA negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Napheesa Collier<\/a> is frustrated by the state of the WNBA CBA agreements<\/a>, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver<\/a> remains hopeful. On Tuesday, Silver made it clear<\/a> that he was confident that a deal would get done, per Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Essentially, he said that the WNBA players were right to ask for greater pay. He said the only thing standing in the way is reaching a deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe acknowledge that our players deserve to be paid significantly more than they have so far based on the increased success of the league. It\u2019s just a question of finding a meeting of the minds on what is a fair deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, WNBA players and the league are at odds over what a new CBA will look like. The players are advocating for an equal share of the revenue generated<\/a>. Meanwhile, the league is offering proposals such as a $1 million base salary<\/a> in exchange for forgoing team housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The fight over a new deal came to a head when Napheesa Collier accused WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert of disparaging players<\/a> behind their backs. The most notable is Caitlin Clark<\/a><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In many ways, the 2026 WNBA season hinges on the results of the CBA agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An overview of Adam Silver’s involvement in the WNBA<\/p>\n

As the CBA negotiations continue, Silver is acting as a mediator between both sides. He is working to avert a potential work stoppage if the players don’t get what they want. If that occurs, the season could be delayed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, he stood in the middle during the rift between Collier and Englebert. Also, the NBA owns a significant portion of the WNBA. Also, Silver has openly praised the WNBA’s growth in recent years,, with higher viewership, attendance, merchandise deals, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The WNBA was launched in 1996 with the support of the late NBA commissioner David Stern.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Napheesa Collier is frustrated by the state of the WNBA CBA agreements, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver remains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[20394,1760,18116,3250,99,434,43883],"class_list":{"0":"post-353234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-adam-silver","9":"tag-caitlin-clark","10":"tag-cathy-engelbert","11":"tag-napheesa-collier","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wnba","14":"tag-wnba-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}