Former AD: ESPN Paid for Michigan Stadium Lights

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How did Michigan Stadium come to have permanent field lighting in 2010? Former University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon shed some light on the subject during an appearance this week on current football coach Jim Harbaugh's "Attack Each Day" podcast.

“I actually got ESPN to pay for it. It didn’t cost us a dime," said Brandon, who served as Michigan's AD from 2010 to 2014. "All we had to do was promise to play a night game once a year.”

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