WNBA commish: CBA deal will get done, 'going to be historic' - ESPN

NEW YORK — WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said progress is being made toward getting a new collective bargaining agreement done.

The two sides met for another marathon negotiating session that started Sunday afternoon and ended around 3 a.m. Monday morning.

«We're working as hard as we can to get it done as quickly as possible,» Engelbert said. «It's complex. There's a lot. There's a lot of system elements. There's a lot of structure elements.… This is a big, big league and we want to do everything we can for the players. So, we're going to keep making progress.»

The two sides will get together again later Monday for a seventh consecutive day of talks. It has been a long week of discussions with the WNBA and union meeting face-to-face for more than 72 hours since the first in-person bargaining session Tuesday.

«We are going to keep going. We're going to get this deal done,» Engelbert said. «And, you know, it's going to be historic.»

Union executive council members Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and Alysha Clark were the first to leave at 2 a.m. Nneka Ogwumike and union leadership left an hour later after a 14-hour day.

«The fact that they just don't want to stop, both sides, it's not just the league side, it's even the union,» said Connecticut Sun president Jen Rizzotti. «They want to get it done. I think it's admirable to know that they're paying attention to the fact that this is crucial and time is of the essence and we need to have a season.»

The key sticking points have been revenue sharing and housing.

«It's very important for us to nail those two things down, which is I think the biggest thing on the agenda today,» Ogwumike, the union's president, said Saturday between bargaining sessions. «So we want to