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\n09\/11\/2025 <\/p>\n
Attorney General Tong Seeks Documents from WNBA Regarding Potential Sale of Connecticut Sun
\n \u201cConnecticut will fight hard for our players, coaches and fans, and we will take all steps necessary to keep the Team in Connecticut where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Hartford, CT) \u2013 Attorney General William Tong today sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert<\/a> seeking a series of documents related to League\u2019s role in the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun to a buyer who would move the team out of Connecticut and away from its dedicated fanbase. <\/p>\n \u201cOur state is the epicenter and heart of women\u2019s basketball and a dominant force in the sport,\u201d Attorney General Tong states in the letter. \u201cThere would be no WNBA\u2014and no worldwide growth in the popularity of women\u2019s basketball\u2014without the players, coaches, and dedicated fanbase in and from Connecticut.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am troubled by recent reports in the press that the WNBA may be wrongfully blocking a sale of the Connecticut Sun that would keep the Team in Connecticut in a manner that may be anticompetitive and may violate state and federal law,\u201d Attorney General Tong states. \u201cI am also concerned about press reports that, in lieu of a sale of the Team to a Connecticut-based buyer, the WNBA is demanding that the Team be sold to the League itself at a price tens of millions of dollars below market value, which could then be sold later to an owner approved to move the Team to a city that is part of the League\u2019s plan of expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n To better understand the position of the WNBA, the relative rights and responsibilities of the WNBA and the Connecticut Sun, Attorney General Tong is requesting that the league provide the following information: <\/p>\n A copy of the WNBA operating agreement; Following receipt and review of the requested documents, Attorney General Tong has requested a meeting with WNBA leadership. <\/p>\n \u201cOur dedicated and enthusiastic fanbase in Connecticut has strongly supported the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA for over twenty-years; to lose this franchise would be devastating to our state\u2019s economy, our community and our state. Please understand Connecticut will fight hard for our players, coaches and fans, and we will take all steps necessary to keep the Team in Connecticut where it belongs,\u201d Attorney General Tong concludes in the letter.<\/p>\n
Media Contact:<\/p>\n Elizabeth Benton Consumer Inquiries:<\/p>\n 860-808-5318
WNBA\u2019s membership agreement between the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA;
WNBA\u2019s operating manual;
WNBA\u2019s league rules and regulations; and
Copies of all valuations of the Connecticut Sun, including any appraisal, offer, and\/or expression of interest. <\/p>\n
\n Twitter: @AGWilliamTong<\/a>
\n Facebook: CT Attorney General<\/a>
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elizabeth.benton@ct.gov<\/a><\/p>\n
attorney.general@ct.gov<\/a><\/p>\n