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Alexa Philippou
ESPN
- Covers women’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
The WNBA players’ union announced Monday that the players will opt out of their current collective bargaining agreement with the league. The news comes a day after the WNBA Finals concluded with the New York Liberty winning their first league title.
The announcement isn’t a surprise. It has been assumed that the players would opt out, which they also did in 2018 for their previous CBA. The current agreement was reached in January 2020, one of the first major accomplishments for the league under Cathy Engelbert, who took over as commissioner in 2019.
The players had until Nov. 1 to opt out, but made the announcement with the impact of the best-of-five WNBA Finals still resonating in the sports world. The current agreement lasts…
