Women’s NBA and players’ union extend CBA deadline to January 9 as talks continue
Salaries and revenue sharing are the two biggest outstanding issues between the sides that they will aim to settle during six-week extension
The Women’s National Basketball Association and players union agreed to an extension of the current collective bargaining agreement to January 9 just before their current deadline ran out on Sunday night.
Just like the previous extension, both sides have the option to terminate the extension with 48 hours’ advance notice.
The two sides had announced a 30-day extension to the original October 31 deadline. That extension was set to expire Sunday night just before midnight. They met over the holiday weekend hoping to come to an agreement.
The union proposed the six-week extension after the league had proposed a shorter one.
“We expect substantive movement from the league within this window,” the union said in a statement.
With nothing urgent on the immediate horizon except for the expansion draft for Portland and Toronto, it would be unlikely that either side would exercise the option to terminate the extension.