Did VNBA refuse to present the offer of the Sun to offer its Board of Directors?

It is his novelty in a burning file of Connecticut Sun. The VNBA franchise is the subject of PagsGroup offer purchases, a group of investors led by Steve Pagliuc, one of the minority shareholders of Kelter. From Saturday, the date of formalization of this offer and Since sun move to BostonInformation and other communications are connected.

Acting, surgery is now In the hands of VNBA Convinced PagGroup, while the other investor group entered dance. Monday, Specialized sports site for front office It now assures that VNBA would not do anything so that the Pagliuke proposal succeeded!

The media confirm that the businessman merges with American tribe of Mohegans, the current team owner with its headquarters in Uncasville, from July. PagGroup offers $ 325 million and a promise of additional 110 million investments for the construction of a completely new training center. A few weeks later, he completed a period of exclusive negotiations. An error in line with sports in the front office insult in VNB management.

VNBA would encourage investor Connecticut

The “Commissioner” Cathy Engelbert League would receive this confirmation offer for purchase, but would choose not to present him to the CEO of VNBA. A mandatory step in the process of sales franchise, because its members must confirm the transaction in turn. This information comes in the direction of those in Boston Globe on Sunday, which is convinced that the women’s league would not see very well difficulties in Boston and would rather see the investor who guarantees sun maintenance in Connecticutut. Boston could then claim that he received discardably only through expansion (with a ticket currently set to $ 250 million), which could not be possible before 2033. Years.

Several sources in the front of the sport criticized VNBA for its press release on Saturday, ensuring that the deduction of the decision on the preselection is exclusively the responsibility of the league, not the franchise initiative. This official speech could “Suggests that League forge Le SUND is for sale to a customer selected by VNBA“Explains sports in the front office. Traditionally, VNBA is not intervening in the franchise elections as well as for their sales and acts only through their board of directors to give the final downstream.

City of Boston “ready for all”

“Our offer is subject to obtaining approval that requires a league, as is the case for all these types of transactions“The Steve Pagliuca explained on Sunday in Paggroup a statement that makes more sense in light of the latest discoveries.”This approval has not been obtained so far, and we cannot sell it without it.“

President Sun Connecticut, Jennifer Rizzotti explained that he could not comment on the situation, while it added that “If Boston was an option, it would be difficult to argue that it is not a sustainable city for VNBA franchise.” After Governor Massachusetts, the mayor of Boston, Michelle Vu supported this project during speech on Monday. “I know it’s a decision based on VNA and the whole league itself. But the city of Boston is ready to do whatever we can welcome him.”