Adam Silver won't set deadline in WNBA labor negotiations

Coverage

• Adam Silver won't set deadline in WNBA labor negotiations

  NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he is not prepared to set a drop-dead date for when a new agreement would have to be put in place to ensure the WNBA season would start on the scheduled May 8 opening night.

  Publisher:ESPN WNBA

  Lead article

  Article published:7 months ago

• Adam Silver urges WNBA, players' union to work faster on CBA negotiations to avoid a work stoppage

  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has called on the WNBA and its players' association to increase their urgency to get a labor deal done in time for the new season to begin on schedule in early May. Silver didn't propose a firm deadline for a WNBA collective bargaining agreement Saturday in his annual address during NBA All-Star weekend, but he urged both sides to pick up the pace to avoid a work stoppage. “What I’d love to accomplish is sort of putting pressure on everybody,” Silver said.

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports WNBAArticle published:7 months ago

• Adam Silver ‘not ready to set a drop-dead date’ on CBA negotiations with WNBPA

  Although the WNBA collective bargaining negotiations remain stalled, NBA commissioner Adam Silver says he is “not ready to set a drop-dead date.” At his NBA All-Star availability Saturday, Silver said he has not been at the negotiating table, but remains involved behind the scenes. Even if he was unwilling to identify a date that would save the WNBA from having to miss games, Silver did indicate that more urgency was necessary in the bargaining process. The league has to conduct an expansion dra

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports WNBAArticle published:7 months ago