donCheney
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30’s author of Donversations podcast. writer, theologian, analyst.
Oregon, Salem
Joined October 2011
Breaking from sports for a hot minute: https://t.co/Ek70lpvrnl
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I am DONE with these “quacks” for the Fever masquerading as people good at insuring players physical health @rhodesrants @KeepTheVision_ @TheBenDanielPod @cdssportspod
Four days after Steph White said she didn't consider the swelling in Chloe Bibby's knee to be a setback, Bibby has been ruled out for the season. It's their fourth season-ending injury. The Fever have signed Bree Hall to a hardship contract in her place. https://t.co/Yxppzloybv
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Four days after Steph White said she didn't consider the swelling in Chloe Bibby's knee to be a setback, Bibby has been ruled out for the season. It's their fourth season-ending injury. The Fever have signed Bree Hall to a hardship contract in her place. https://t.co/Yxppzloybv
indystar.com
Chloe Bibby is out for the season after suffering a left knee injury on Aug. 22. The Fever have signed Bree Hall in her absence.
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I swear it feels like the WNBA and refs are/SHOULD BE. 10 seconds from being investigated for RICO Someone call Whitey to ref, bc these people aren’t even honest enough to be employed at Goodwill. @TheBenDanielPod @rhodesrants @KeepTheVision_ @cdssportspod
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11/ Keep an eye on this. If someone files suit, it could set a major precedent for sports league governance and antitrust law in the U.S. #WNBATwitter #sportsintegrity
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10/ Bottom line: This is more than a team relocation story. It’s a classic case of anti-competitive control, where the WNBA may be illegally limiting who can buy teams and where they can go.
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9/ Potential plaintiffs? The Mohegan Sun Tribe (financial harm) Local/state government (economic harm) Excluded buyers (denied opportunity to enter the market)
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8/ Legally? This could trigger federal antitrust scrutiny: Sherman Act: Restricting competition in team ownership. Clayton Act: Blocking market participants arbitrarily. Exclusionary conduct: favoring some buyers while shutting out others.
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7/ The Mohegan Sun Tribe is now trapped: take a $75M loss selling to the league, or don’t sell at all. The league is controlling the market for ownership in a very restrictive way.
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6/ Critics say this is selective enforcement. The league appears to favor NBA-affiliated investors, forcing the team to relocate where the league wants—even though local buyers are fully capable and willing.
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5/ The WNBA’s justification? Relocation rules and fees—they claim they need money from moves over a certain distance (Hartford is within that distance).
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3/ Shockingly, the WNBA never even submitted this to the board. They effectively blocked the deal before any discussion. 4/ Enter local Connecticut interests: the state, Hartford reps, and others matched the Boston offer to keep the team in-state. Yet the WNBA rejected them too
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2/ The Mohegan Sun Tribe owns the Connecticut Sun. They tried to sell the team to a Boston investor (part-owner of the Celtics) for $325M. Normally, the board of governors would approve a sale.
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🧵 Thread: What’s REALLY going on with the Connecticut Sun & the WNBA 1/ The WNBA is in hot water—and not for the reason most people think. The Connecticut Sun situation could spark a major antitrust/legal fight. Here’s why: 👇
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so many problems, let's keep them out in the open, https://t.co/5nUJWDqaon it's not all the stats, but enough to make the pattern clear @JonLiquidator @rhodesrants @cdssportspod @KeepTheVision_
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