re: UAB is joining the union

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It's kind of like professional women's sports — you don't ever watch it, but you don't have anything against them, and it's sort of cool when your local team is doing well, but suddenly when they start complaining and bitching to be "paid just like everybody else," you're reminded of how they wouldn't even exist without your subsidies, and then the more you think about it you just kind of wonder why they can't support themselves and why they're even doing this if the community actually doesn't care (even though they said they did), and geez why am I still paying for their program to flounder around when they just see me as the enemy?

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Only 10 yrs ago 65% of UAB's Athletic Department revenue came from subsidies. I can't imagine much has changed in the last decade.

Exactly what kind of money do their players think they are going to get from UAB? How does a program share profit when there aren't any? UAB athletics isn't self-sustaining, they damn sure can't afford to pay their athletes.