SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association reached an agreement to extend the 60-day window that gives the league the ability to terminate the collective bargaining agreement amid the current pandemic until September, according to a report by ESPN.
The current CBA has a clause that outlines what could happen if a “force majeure event” were to take place, which includes epidemics. If a force majeure event were to take place the NBA could withhold a portion of each players salary for games missed and the league could terminate the CBA within 60 days of the event.