WNBA Reaches New CBA Agreement
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The CBA and WNBA have been in negotiations for more than 17 months and have finally made progress in the labor battle. On Wednesday (March 18), it was reported by several sources that they had reached a verbal agreement on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement.
The WNBA and the WNBPA agreed to a historic new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday, which means that the offseason can now proceed. Once the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire hold their dual expansion draft,
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