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WNBA GETS CLOSE TO D-DAY AS CBA TALKS THREATEN SEASON START

          With WNBA training camps set to open May 13, "about
     half the players in the league are unsigned," with "little
     progress" being made in the league's labor negotiations,
     according to Earl Gustkey of the L.A. TIMES, who wrote that
     the "obvious question" is whether the WNBA will be able to
     begin its season on time.  WNBA spokesperson Mark Pray:
     "Given how close we are to training camps opening, time is
     getting short."  Several sources have the WNBPA and the
     league "far apart" on salaries, with the union "said to be
     seeking substantial raises -- one source said 40% -- for the
     league's lowest-paid players."  Another "sticking point" is
     that WNBA President Val Ackerman "doesn't want a limit on
     signing former ABL players," while the union does (L.A.
     TIMES, 3/19).  On CBS SportsLine, Clay Kallam wrote that the
     WNBPA "wants to limit" the number of ABL players to two per
     team.  Kallam: "The guess is that the players will wait as
     long as they can on the salary issue ... but it appears they
     are dead set on limiting the number of ABL players this
     summer."  Kallam: "Instead of looking out for the good of
     the game as a whole ... the WNBPA is far more concerned with
     the good of its members" (CBS SportsLine, 3/19).  

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