Report: Sale of WNBA's Atlanta Dream co-owned by outgoing Sen. Kelly Loeffler is 'close to being finalized'
A sale of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream is imminent, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
AJC reported on Tuesday that a league source expects a sale of the team to be finalized soon.
“As it relates to the Atlanta Dream, we understand a sale of the franchise is close to being finalized,” the source told AJC. “Once the sale negotiation is concluded, additional information will be provided.”
The team is co-owned by Mary Brock and outgoing Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who earlier this month lost a runoff for her seat to Raphael Warnock in an election that flipped the balance of power in the U.S. Senate to Democrats.
WNBA and NBA players have advocated for new Dream ownership amid Loeffler’s controversial politics that included supporting President Donald Trump and his baseless conspiracies that Joe Biden didn’t rightfully win the presidential election.
Loeffler has repeatedly said she does not intend to sell amid the mounting pressure that came from players on her own team. Loeffler was a vocal critic of the Black Lives Matter movement as NBA and WNBA players embraced social justice causes in 2020 amid the national race reckoning in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.
