The WNBA will not push Kelly Loeffler to sell her interest in the Atlanta Dream. Loeffler was appointed to succeed Johnny Isakson as United States Senator from Georgia in November 2019. Loeffler is running to serve the remaining two years of Isakson's term this November. 

Several WNBA players have called for Loeffler to no longer be involved with the team because of her remarks in opposition to the league embracing Black Lives Matter as one of its primary social justice initiatives this season.

"We're not going to force her to sell her ownership," Engelbert told CNN in an interview Thursday. "She is not a current governor, she is not involved in the day-to-day, and we are aware there are interested parties who want to purchase the team.

"We have a board of governors -- she has not served as a governor since she became a senator, so since October of 2019."

Loeffler referred to the Black Lives Matter movement as a "radical Marxist group that actively promotes violence and destruction across the country."

Loeffler also said "the Left" was trying to silence her and take away her business, and she was not going to give up the team.

"We review all of our owners' public statements," Engelbert said. "We are aware that there are interested parties who want to purchase the team, and so I know that's being worked on, but I can't really comment on everything that's said in the political environment."