Wnba Offers Players Association Extension On New Cba Deal Amid Stalled Talks

The WNBA's existent corporate bargaining statement (CBA) is group to expire Friday and it appears nan convention and players relation stay acold isolated connected a caller deal.

According to a caller study from ESPN's Alexa Philippou, nan WNBA has offered players a 30-day hold to proceed negotiations for a caller CBA up of nan existent deal's expiration connected Oct. 31. The WNBPA chose to opt retired of nan existent CBA past year, which group nan shape for nan 2 sides to activity toward a caller woody this offseason to debar a activity stoppage.

The hold connection comes astatine a clip of contention betwixt nan convention and its players, which was ignited by Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier's nationalist disapproval of commissioner Cathy Engelbert and nan WNBA's inconsistent officiating successful her extremity of play property conference. Philippou noted that some sides agreed to a 60-day hold successful nan past information of CBA talks successful 2020, but nan hold whitethorn not beryllium a fixed this time. She wrote successful ESPN that a convention root mentioned nan players mightiness beryllium consenting to see an hold "under nan correct circumstances" but they consciousness "those circumstances do not yet exist."

The Athletic's Ben Pickman reported Tuesday that nan convention submitted its astir caller connection connected Oct. 1 but nan player's national did not respond until Monday. An extremity of October deadline marked a statement successful nan soil for nan stalled talks, but it appears we won't person a caller statement by Friday, pinch nan imaginable for much clip to scope a woody earlier a imaginable lockout aliases strike.

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