{"id":99637,"date":"2026-04-06T07:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/wnba-players-union-agree-to-start-free-agency-monday\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T07:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:39:51","slug":"wnba-players-union-agree-to-start-free-agency-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/wnba-players-union-agree-to-start-free-agency-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA, players&#8217; union agree to start free agency Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"byline-wrap\">\n<ul class=\"authors byline-authors\">\n<li class=\"single-author mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Alexa Philippou<span class=\"timestamp\">Apr 5, 2026, 10:11 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Covers women&#8217;s college basketball and the WNBA<\/li>\n<li>Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant<\/li>\n<li>Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multiple Authors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WNBA and WNBPA agreed that free agency will begin on Monday, the league announced Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The designation period, including sending qualifying offers and core player designations, will be held Monday and Tuesday. Negotiations will run Wednesday through Friday and signings will begin Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The WNBA draft is set for April 13.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48372462\/wnba-free-agency-2026-ranking-55-best-free-agents-mvp-starters-all-stars\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0402\/r1637486_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48316853\/wnba-cba-collective-bargaining-agreement-2026-biggest-wins\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0327\/r1634496_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The WNBA and WNBPA verbally agreed to the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement March 18. Both sides ratified the terms a week later, but the long-form document is still being completed.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 players are free agents and will benefit from the massive salary bumps featured in the new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Training camps are set to begin April 19 and then preseason games April 25. The first day of the regular season is May 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48408856\/wnba-players-union-agree-start-free-agency-monday\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexa PhilippouApr 5, 2026, 10:11 PM ET Close Covers women&#8217;s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Multiple Authors The WNBA and WNBPA agreed that free agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow2JLhCw:productID":"","_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21156,13220,3370,8571,4775,4220,6800,24993],"class_list":["post-99637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-agency","tag-agree","tag-free","tag-monday","tag-players","tag-start","tag-union","tag-wnba"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WNBA, players&#039; 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