Players on Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game in shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us.”

All eyes are on the WNBA as the best players gather in Indiana for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game. One of the main items on the agenda: CBA negotiations.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert remains optimistic that a new labor deal will be struck, and in a press conference ahead of Saturday night’s all-star game, she sounded confident that the league will avoid a work stoppage with three months until the deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement.

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark discussed the significance of the WNBPA's ongoing collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the WNBA on Saturday.

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The league sits at the precipice of a pivotal financial fork in the road in the form of negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The WNBA and its players boast enviable momentum and a great product. They can’t afford to squander those favorable conditions with squabbling and a work stoppage in 2026.

This is exactly what Engelbert seemed to do with Minnesota Lynx players Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman (who are setting the women's basketball world ablaze with their "Studbudz" live stream on Twitch) on Friday night, as was seen dancing with these two players at a bar in downtown Indianapolis.

Representatives for the WNBA and the Women's National Basketball Players Association met Thursday in Indianapolis ahead of the league's All-Star Weekend to continue their labor negotiations with the collective bargaining agreement set to expire after the ongoing season,