The WNBA is proposing a 30-day extension to players to continue collective bargaining negotiations, according to ESPN.

The current CBA expires Friday.

Negotiations were also extended during previous discussions in 2019, when both sides agreed to a 60-day extension before eventually signing a deal in January 2020.

However, although players might be willing to extend negotiations and avoid a lockout “under the right circumstances,” they feel “those circumstances do not yet exist,” according to ESPN.

Further, the senior adviser and legal counsel to the players’ association, Erin D. Drake, recently told the “No Offseason” podcast that there won’t be an agreement by the Halloween deadline, criticizing the league for not matching the PA’s efforts.

The WNBA, on the other hand, said it made a

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