At Wednesday's hearing and in a legal brief, UConn's attorney asked the commission to reject the proposed decision and offered an unusual compromise in its place. UConn offered to admit that a portion of the executive session violated the Freedom of Information Act and offered to create minutes of the meeting – which the lawyer said eliminated the need for the commission to make any specific conclusions of law about whether budget data could be withheld. The Courant opposed the proposal and it was rejected by the commission.