Along with significant salary increases and a new compensation system, the WNBA also is proposing to its players amid CBA talks an earlier start date for training camps and cutting team housing, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday.
WNBA training camps typically start in late April, but the league has proposed moving them up to as early as mid-March, a change that would expand the season's footprint but also would bring about potential scheduling conflicts for players.
The WNBA season currently runs from May to October, with a record 44 regular-season games held in 2025. In the current agreement, training camp cannot start earlier than April 1 or more than 30 days before the first day of the regular season.
It is unclear when the league is suggesting the regular season would start under

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