On Friday night, 30 minutes before the deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement between the WNBA and its players union was set to pass, the WNBA Players Association released a statement blasting the league for its negotiating tactics and accusing it of trying to run out the clock.

WNBA players remain on a war footing. The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) have been

There has never been a strike in the league's 30-year history, but it appears possible as Friday's deadline approaches.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak as Caitlin Clark's Words Ring True as WNBA Deadline Looms. Caitlin Clark summed up the WNBA's current situation well at USA Basketball training camp in December:

As a woman, watching these WNBA CBA negotiations is incredibly frustrating… and familiar.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an expert on leadership, policy, and equity in sport and esport. The WNBA is experiencing significant growth, but its players remain severely underpaid, often forcing them to play ...

The WNBA's players' association announced Thursday that its members voted to authorize a strike if necessary as the extended Jan. 9 deadline for contract negotiations with the league looms. It's been months of stalled talks over the players' new collective ...

New York Liberty guard Natasha Cloud is using her platform to speak up for the players who often go unheard. As the WNBA and WNBPA continue to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, the veteran guard has taken to social media to defend one of the ...

Perhaps the biggest rivalry in all of women's basketball right now is the one between Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.