[Zeppo]

Indeed, the law suit, as filed and trumpeted by Attorney General Blumenthal, constitutes an abuse of process, based on fraudulent misrepresentation for which Connecticut’s highest law officer should be held accountable.

If there were such a thing as "justice" (unfortunately, there isn't), Blumenthal would already be rotting in prison for the fraud that he perpetrated upon the consumers in Connecticut by his actions against Microsoft. Funny, but I doubt that he can produce a single, named individual who has been harmed by Microsoft's "monopoly", yet anybody with a brain could point to millions of people who have lost billions of dollars due to the economic collapse that was triggered by the temporary victory that Blumenthal and the other phony anti-trusters won against Microsoft, which served as the triggering event that led to the stock market crash.

[ctribtns]

Agree...What Blumenthal is forgetting in the instant case is that all schools are under pressure to increase revenues in sports area to pay for, among other things, Title IX costs mandated by the federal government. Yes, thanks to the Congress all colleges have to field full men's and women's teams across all sports.
The schools are not sports owners seeking to make profits for partners and shareholders.They are simply trying to bring in monies to meet budgets.

But just as in the case of Microsoft, Blumenthal is looking for a quick pr hit and in the process, is falsely charging college presidents of engaging in sinister conspiracies.

Remember, Conn was the state that blew some $200MM in 30 days on an Enron garbage processing scam. Surprised Blumenthal didn't dream up a suit against some deep pocket for failing to protect the State from its own incompetent bureaucrats who tried to corner the market on Enron garbage futures.

Seems under Blumenthal justice plan, Conn can make no mistakes, accepts no responsibilities and is constantly on the look-out to collect wind falls from bogus litigation.