After requesting $20 million from the state, negotiations over the supplemental spending bill have resulted in just $10 million from the House and nothing from the Senate.
The Krafts are selling 8 percent of the team, which is reportedly valued at $9 billion. Three percent will go to private-equity firm Sixth Street and the other 5 percent will go to billionaire Dean Metropoulos.
The Futures Collegiate Baseball League team is an independent New England-based six-team circuit populated mostly by New England collegiate players or natives.
At a moment when the business of youth sports is booming, Masters Academy International will be a private academy seeking to keep New England talent in New England.
Boston, who starred at Worcester Academy, was the No. 1 pick in the 2023 WNBA draft. Boston said the city "helped raise me" and that "Boston repping Boston just felt right."