Front Office Sports reports that Connecticut officials are sharply criticizing the WNBA’s handling of the Sun’s sale and the planned relocation to Houston after the upcoming season, with calls for federal antitrust scrutiny and discussion of possible state and congressional actions.
Brian Anderson, who co-leads the sports practice at Sheppard, is quoted noting that Connecticut has limited ability to block a relocation outright because the Sun is a privately owned WNBA team governed by league rules, making league approval of a sale and move the decisive factor.
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