May 19, 2025
Locked On Women’s Basketball: The next WNBA CBA negotiations
By The Next
What to know about the upcoming WNBA CBA negotiations.
In this week’s episode of Locked On Women’s basketball, analyst and host Missy Heidrick is joined by The Next’s Jacob Mox to talk about timelines of the next WNBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, key points of leverage and what to look for as the two sides get set to strike a new deal in 2025 for one of the fastest growing professional leagues in the nation.
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The WNBA regular season is off and running and games started to count for real on May 16th for a season we do not want to miss.
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But one of the big things that we need to understand and watch this summer is what’s happening in the board rooms and at the negotiation table.
“I think it’s so interesting because in the world of professional sports, we talk about players associations, collective bargaining agreements all the time,” Heidrick said. “These have all been the words that we have known in the likes of the NFL, the NBA, Major League Baseball, professional hockey. It’s all part of the landscape. And as the WNBA has grown, especially exponentially in the last probably 5 to 10 years, this is something that’s now becoming much more of a commonplace in the conversations we have about the W.”
Tune in to hear the rest of the conversation around what the next year will have in store.
Follow The Next for updates throughout the WNBA season and keep tuning in to Locked On Women’s basketball for interviews with players, coaches and executives from across the women’s basketball landscape.
