Sources: WNBA proposes earlier start to camp, no team housing - ESPN

Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.

WNBA training camps typically start in late April, but the league has proposed moving them up to as early as mid-March, a change that would expand the season's footprint but also would bring about potential scheduling conflicts for players.

The WNBA season currently runs from May to October, with a record 44 regular-season games held in 2025. In the current agreement, training camp cannot start earlier than April 1 or more than 30 days before the first day of the regular season.

It is unclear when the league is suggesting the regular season would start under its latest proposal. WNBA drafts in recent years have been held in mid-April, following the conclusion of the NCAA tournament, with a few weeks in between for incoming rookies to join their new teams.

An earlier start date could also impact non-rookies: Several overseas leagues still compete into April, and Project B, a new league set to launch in the fall of 2026 that already has signed several WNBA players, is supposed to run through then, too. Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 league started by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, concludes the first week of March.

A set of rules ratified in the current CBA called prioritization do not allow WNBA players to be late to training camp due to overseas commitments.

Under the current CBA, players are either provided team housing or a monthly stipend to help cover housing costs, with the amount depending on the market.

The league and the Women's National Basketball Players Association are in ongoing CBA