Blumenthal calls for DOJ investigation into sale of the Connecticut Sun WNBA team.

As sports fans across Connecticut continue to process the news that the Connecticut Sun is leaving the state, U.S. Sen Richard Blumenthal is looking to investigate the sale further.

On Monday, the senator said he requested that the U.S. Department of Justice formally launch an antitrust investigation into the WNBA’s role in the Connecticut Sun sale.

“My concern is that the WNBA muscled everyone out and dictated that it go to Houston,” Blumenthal told reporters at a morning press conference in Hartford. “That is a violation of fair competition.”

The team was sold to Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta for a record $300 million. The Sun will move to Houston in 2027, and will be renamed the Houston Comets, reestablishing the city’s WNBA franchise nearly two decades after it disbanded in 2008.


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