WNBA's interference in Connecticut Sun sale requires probe, US senator tells DOJ
( April 6, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senator Richard Blumenthal wrote to the Department of Justice to ask that it open an antitrust investigation into the Women’s National Basketball Association’s alleged interference with Connecticut’s efforts to keep the Connecticut Sun basketball team based in the state. “In forcing the Sun’s sale to Fertitta Entertainment and move to Houston despite a more lucrative bid to move the team to Hartford, which is in the same media and consumer market, the WNBA abused its monopolistic control over professional women’s basketball to flagrantly block potential negotiations and dictate the result for its own purposes, seemingly violating federal antitrust laws,” Blumenthal wrote.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...
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