The WNBA and WNBPA have agreed to a 30-day extension to continue negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, sources confirmed to Front Office Sports, making the new deadline Nov. 30. The WNBA originally proposed a 30-day extension on Tuesday after both sides exchanged public criticism over their handlings of negotiations. The union accused the WNBA of putting “lipstick on a pig,” after NBA commissioner Adam Silver said “share isn’t the right way to look at it,” when asked if players deserved a larger share of WNBA revenue. “There’s so much more revenue in the NBA,” Silver said. When asked how the salary structure should be looked at, Silver responded saying, “It should be looked at in absolute numbers in terms of what they’re making, and they’re going to get a big increase in this cycle of collective bargaining. They deserve it.”
The WNBA and WNBPA have agreed to a 30-day extension …
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