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 it any attempts to block the team's sale could be seen as a violation of antitrust law.

"Any further attempts by the WNBA to use its considerable governance and market power over the Connecticut Sun to limit or dictate negotiations with the state of Connecticut would be an unreasonable restraint of trade and interference with the market that would violate federal antitrust laws," Blumenthal wrote .

Blumenthal's involvement is because the state of Connecticut is in discussions to take a minority stake with the group attempting to purchase the Sun and have them remain in

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