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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 5028881, member: 44"] The state of Connecticut pays the university of Connecticut, which then pays the CDRA, which still turns a deficit, which the state ends up paying. Given that, why have the university pay anything? If it's all a Shell game why take CDRA losses off of their balance sheet and put them on the UConn athletic department? From the outside that makes it look like our athletic department is 1) inefficiently run and 2) not a stable partner for a potential addition to a power conference. Instead, have UConn play there for ant no direct cost and share in both parking and concession revenues. This will result in the athletic departments profit and loss statement more accurately reflecting their profitability. The state can continue to subsidize the CDRA, but would write one check instead to them for the full amount instead taking a portion of the CDRA loss and subsidizing it through the university. We will continue to support the Hartford economy by playing games there, we will be better positioned for real alignment, the state can continue to support the patronage jobs of being a board member on the CDRA, in the massive losses they pile up and they will be more transparent to the public. Everybody wins. [/QUOTE]