Overview
- The league and WNBPA accepted a 30-day extension of the existing CBA to Nov. 30, preventing an immediate strike or lockout and keeping current terms in place.
- Players retain access to team facilities and medical benefits during the extension as bargaining continues, according to multiple reports.
- The central dispute concerns compensation design, with players pushing for a guaranteed percentage-based revenue share and the league favoring a fixed-salary system with separate revenue components.
- League officials say their latest proposal was delivered Oct. 1 and the union responded Oct. 27, while union counsel Erin D. Drake said a new deal would not be reached by the original Oct. 31 deadline.
- Key offseason milestones—including expansion drafts for Toronto and Portland, the draft lottery and free agency—remain paused until a new CBA sets roster rules and pay structure, though a 2019-style extension-to-agreement timeline remains a reference point.