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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4783768, member: 44"] I'm not sure whether that last paragraph ever happened, but for a moment, let's assume it did. The (supposed) deal is we have to have half our games in Hartford, but no one has ever alleged that we also agreed to pay an above market lease that is, at best, with a full house a breakeven to having the game in Gampel. As things stand now the inflated lease rate only serves to hide a portion of the CDRA's annual multi million dollar loss in the University of Connecticut athletics department budget. So, the state of Connecticut, pays the University of Connecticut, to pay the athletic department, to pay the CDRA which still shows multi million dollar losses every year. If the state wants the University of Connecticut to support Hartford by playing games in the dilapidated and out of date XL Center they should offer us the use of the facility at no cost to the University. [/QUOTE]