ESPN looks at what we've learned to this point about the CBA negotiations and what could come from them. By contrast, the WNBA's current CBA defined the cap for each season ahead of time with modest 3% annual raises. Much of the attention around CBA negotiations has inevitably focused on the potential of a work stoppage, something that would be unprecedented in WNBA history. This was a must-have for owners in the last CBA negotiations, so it will be important again. Both insist this doesn't constitute a conflict of interest with them also participating in CBA negotiations, but it's difficult to see how that could be entirely avoided.