History is in the making after the WNBA and its players union reached a verbal agreement on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning.
The news marks a hopeful bookend to a months-long, drawn-out labor battle between the league and the WNBPA after the previous CBA formally expired in October 2025. Players opted out early of that agreement in order to negotiate a new, fairer deal in the wake of the league’s recent dramatic growth, and it looks like their efforts have finally paid off.
