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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4317093, member: 44"] Yeah, but that’s what it is, a guess, right? We assume that either a majority of Connecticut politicians, or at least a significant plurality of Connecticut politicians, want UConn basketball in Hartford. That’s an assumption based upon the fact that UConn has played in Hartford since the Hartford Coliseum was built. But that’s actually a pretty thin basis for coming to that conclusion. I’m not sure it holds water, other than “we’ve always done it that way.” But let’s assume for a moment that there is at least some core group that feels that way. I wonder if they are fully aware of the economic cost in doing so. In the end, having UConn pay an above market rate to lease the XL Center is just state of Connecticut money going back to the state of Connecticut. Isn’t it more efficient, and creates more accountability, if the University of Connecticut pays a fair market lease rate in the state of Connecticut picks up the excess loss for the XL Center? [/QUOTE]