A brand new collective bargaining settlement between the WNBA and Ladies’s Nationwide Basketball Gamers Affiliation is “unlikely” to occur by the October 31 deadline, sources instructed Entrance Workplace Sports activities.
The sources add that the 2 sides will possible want to increase the deadline.
“The gamers are working diligently to realize a transformational CBA that builds on the expansion, momentum, and optimistic information surrounding ladies’s sports activities and the W,” WNBPA government director Terri Carmichael Jackson instructed FOS. “As we method the 60-day mark, the league’s lack of urgency leaves gamers questioning whether it is centered on making this work or simply operating out the clock.”
The gamers want to enhance their income share, obtain improved advantages, broaden rosters, and implement league-wide office requirements.
The WNBA responded to FOS with their very own assertion.
“We have now been clear with the WNBPA however so there isn’t any doubt—our primary precedence is to get a brand new collective bargaining settlement accomplished that addresses the gamers’ priorities whereas additionally supporting the long-term progress and success of the league and groups,” a WNBA spokesperson instructed FOS.
Ought to the 2 sides fail to come back to an settlement by October 31, they may comply with a quick extension of the earlier CBA as they proceed their negotiations.
The WNBA has by no means misplaced video games as a consequence of a piece stoppage.
