Breanna Stewart reveals what WNBA, players' union 'really can’t agree on' in midst of crucial CBA negotiations

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The 2026 WNBA season could be a historic one, but it won’t tip off on time, or at all, if a new collective bargaining agreement isn’t agreed upon between the league and players. 

The WNBA established a March 10 deadline to agree to a new pact during its most recent meeting with the Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association (WNBPA), as to not disrupt the beginning of the 2026 season, which begins on May 8. But there’s been failure to reach a framework for a deal that both sides agree on, which has been the case for quite some time. 

Breanna Stewart, the WNBA superstar who plays for the New York Liberty and serves as a vice president of the WNBPA, knows both sides want the season to happen. But she’s not sure a deal will be done by the proposed deadline. 

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New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) warms up prior to game two of round one for the 2025 WNBA Playoffs at Barclays Center on Sept. 17, 2025. (Wendell Cruz/Imagn Images)

"I don’t know," Stewart told Fox News Digital after a long, thoughtful pause. "I don’t know if a deal gets done by March 10. Part of me wants to say yes, but part of me is like, ‘Negotiations have been really slow going back and forth.’ There needs to be some serious movement within the next week. Literally, I don’t know."

The latest move was the WNBA sending a counterproposal to the players’ union where good things, like paying for housing for all players for the upcoming season, are in play. 

However, Stewart revealed the biggest roadblock in negotiations, and it shouldn’t come