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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 3365553, member: 7275"] That's because it is. [I]A UConn source estimated that the 25-or-so basketball games relegated to ESPN+ each year would cost the school between $250,000 and half a million dollars. That’s before you even consider the 50 olympic sports streamed per year under the deal. A conservative estimate could put the price tag on annual production costs at between $500,000 and $1,000,000. [/I] They are only required to do 45 events year 1 for ESPN3/+. I imagine the contract requires an increase and that's where the UConn AD figured it would cost that much. Add in the upfront costs on top of per event talent and production costs $1 million annually seems fair. [I][URL='https://connecticut.rivals.com/news/financial-breakdown-of-uconn-s-move-to-the-big-east']StorrsCentral - Financial breakdown of UConn's move to the Big East[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]