Team USA’s success is making headlines, with multiple WNBA stars showing off their skills and delivering heavy production on the floor. While fans are loving the ‘product’ on the floor, the competition will be over in just two games now. Amid this, everyone is keeping tabs on CBA discussions between the players’ association and the league, which recently gained momentum following ongoing meetings.
During the early phases, both parties worked through many differences as WNBA players reported real progress toward a landmark new CBA, but from Day 3 onward, this progress slowed, and Nneka Ogwumike spoke about the reasons.
Two Key Points Still On Agenda In WNBA CBA Talks
From the start, the WNBPA put their demands on the table and highlighted ‘non-negotiable’ points of their demands. One aspect that every player stressed was the revenue-sharing model and percentages. Adding to it, players like Natasha Cloud slammed the league as the WNBA tried to modify the housing arrangements.
WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike told reporters that revenue sharing and housing are still the biggest hurdles. “The fact that we are here talking about housing shows that we care about every single player in the same way that we do about revenue share. It’s very important for us to nail those two things down, which is the biggest thing on the agenda today,” Ogwumike told reporters.
Nneka Ogwumike told us the biggest things on the agenda today are to nail down rev share & housing.
— Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) March 14, 2026
This comes after both sides spent a lot of time the past few days working through the more ancillary issues.
"There's still work to do, but ultimately we want to get this done."
Per the 2020 CBA, the WNBA has provided players with housing through team-paid apartments or stipends. But in the new offer, the league initially proposed eliminating that benefit, citing a salary increase as the reason.
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After the backlash, the WNBA proposed phasing out housing for some players over several years and now agrees to keep the benefit in place for all players in 2026. There is still a significant difference in the revenue-sharing percentages, delaying confirmation of the CBA, sources say.
WNBA Commissioner Not Pinpointing The Deadline For CBA Confirmation
Earlier, Cathy Englebert spoke about March 16 as the final date for CBA signing, looking at the progress. Earlier, she set March 10 as the deadline. But now, with revenue sharing being the key issue, the commissioner spoke about ‘no deadline.
“Can things be 24 to 48 hours later than maybe a date that we put on a piece of paper just to get everybody understanding there is a basketball calendar here? Can things be 24 to 48 hours [late]? Sure. But not much more before you start to look at, you know, can we open training camp up, you know, that kind of stuff,” Engelbert told the press.
Per the current schedule, WNBA training camp begins April 19, with preseason games starting April 25. The opening night of the 2026 season is May 8.