The WNBA is in the thick of ongoing negotiations regarding the league's next Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which will have massive ramifications about the future of women's basketball. With so much at stake, both the league office and the players association are ensuring they don't make any mistakes with negotiations. This has already resulted in the two previous CBA deadlines (October 31 and November 30) to get extended. And as the current January 9 approaches, pressure is mounting for a deal to get done. If there isn't a new CBA by the new year, the prospect of a potential lockout for the 2026 WNBA season become a real possibility, given everything that must happen (expansion drafts, free agents, the WNBA Draft, and training camps) before the regular season were to begin. Therefore, there are some valid concerns about the prospect of games being played in 2026. Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark spoke with the media after the Team USA training camp practice on December 12 and was asked her opinion o