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It’s now seven days after the WNBA’s unofficial March 10 deadline to put a new CBA in place without the 2026 season dates being affected. Well, the league has yet to announce any impact on the season, as negotiations for a new CBA WNBA seem to be heading in the right direction. Progress is reportedly underwayaccording to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
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Following the latest round of negotiations, WNBPA Executive Director Terri Jackson and outside counsel Deb Willig acknowledged that big issues still remained regarding a new WNBA collective bargaining agreement and that they believed for the first time that real progress had been made. Willig also expressed hope that a list of conditions could be drafted in less than 24 hours.
While the outline of a new CBA would not mark the end of the process, it would be an important step toward the start of the season. The current start date for the 2026 WNBA season is May 8. But before the season can begin, the WNBA still has to factor in a free agency period, as well as expansion plans for the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire.
There’s also the matter of preseason and training camp, as well as the standard WNBA draft. During the offseason, players competed in Unrivaled, Athletes Unlimited, foreign leagues and Team USA for the FIBA ​​Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
As negotiations continue, two issues that have come to the forefront Negotiations between players and league focus on revenue sharing and housing.
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