Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Monday, saying that interference by the WNBA into the tribe’s efforts to sell to a local buyer could violate

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the WNBA on Monday warning the league to stay out of negotiations between the Mohegan tribe and prospective new ownership groups for the Connecticut Sun.

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he wrote a letter to the WNBA following reports that the league interfered with the Mohegan Tribe’s negotiations with competing bidders for ownership of the Connecticut Sun. Blumenthal acknowledged that the tribe has been considering offers to sell the women’s basketball franchise.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) is demanding that the WNBA “butt out” as the state negotiates with the Connecticut Sun to keep the team from leaving the state. The Mohegan Tribe, which owns the Sun,

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal released a statement on Monday morning addressed to WNBA Commissioner, Cathy Engelbert.

The state of Connecticut is making an effort to keep the Connecticut Sun within The Constitution State by purchasing a minority stake, according to ESPN's Alexa Philippou.

The sale process for the Connecticut Sun has been anything but smooth for the Mohegan Tribe, and matters got even more complicated on Monday when U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent the WNBA a letter informing them any attempts to block the team's sale could be seen as a violation of antitrust law.

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Attempts by the WNBA to interfere with negotiations for the sale of the Connecticut Sun basketball team could constitute an antitrust violation, a US senator says.