Stephanie White on CBA, Indiana Fever offseason plans, negotiations

INDIANAPOLIS — Fever coach Stephanie White remembers when WNBA players’ priority in collective bargaining agreements was to get year-round health insurance.

White, who has been around the league for over two decades in various roles, was a player when the league and players’ union agreed to their first collective bargaining agreement in 1999. That CBA gave players some benefits that were already common in most workplaces: health insurance that extended through the offseason, a retirement plan and paid maternity leave for the first time.