We are making substantial progress toward a new collective bargaining agreement which we expect to finalize soon. In the meantime, we have extended the current agreement through January 15, 2020 and expect that free agency contract signings will begin on time on February 1, 2020.
For the WNBA, this is good news. The most important thing is that the owners are unlikely to start a lockout and the players aren’t likely to strike. The league is likely to make some accommodations for air travel, hotel rooms (inexperienced players generally have roommates) and even compensation.
But players, whose demands have been quite vocal last year, are likely being scaled back a tad to fit the practicality of the owners’ situations.