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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. | Getty Images The WNBA and WNBPA have engaged in near around-the-clock meetings since Tuesday afternoon, trying to hammer out a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) so the 2026 WNBA season can tip off as scheduled on Friday, May 8. After Friday’s estimated 14-hour bargaining session , which began around 10 a.

m. ET and wrapped up past midnight, Commissioner Cathy Engelbert issued a new ultimatum, telling the reporter quartet of ESPN’s Alexa Philippou , Front Office Sports’ Annie Costabile , the AP’s Doug Feinberg and The IX Sports’ Jackie Powell camped outside The Langham in Midtown Manhattan that a deal must get done by Monday. Engelbert announced : I’ve never been a betting woman in my life and I’m not going to start now, but we have to get a deal by Monday.

I should say we have to get it done without disrupting some part of the fact that we’ve got to run this two-team expansion [draft]. We have to get expansion going. We have to get free agency going.

We got to get the college draft, which is now a month from today. When asked if she thought a CBA would be agreed to by the league’s new deadline, the commissioner said , “Cathy Engelbert’s opinion, yes. ” Commissioner Cathy Engelbert just spoke with the media on site, sharing that progress has been made while also emphasizing time is of the essence.