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Fair point. I worked at UAB, my wife was a professor there, my father received his masters from UAB. I spent six months going to the UAB burn clinic as they were able to save the fingers on my hand, while the first hospital had wanted to amputate them. I taught in Birmingham for more than a decade and can say, UAB was the biggest asset/supporter to the kids in need at my school, from sponsoring robotics, providing volunteer athletic coaches, offering scholarships to kids who passed three or more AP exams and providing student volunteers to help on a wide range of issues. I will always support UAB for these reasons no matter where I live.

Understandable that you'd feel close to the situation.

But I can't see where the great things UAB has been able to offer the B'ham area, the kids, financial support or the volunteer student support will cease to exist in the future due to decisions made by the UA BOT.

I'd like to know what the UA BOT has done to hamper, or prevent UAB from continuing to help the community, offer assistance to kids in need? Has the UA BOT or Paul Bryant, Jr somehow stymied an initiative or proposal for UAB to continue to be good Samaritans in the B'ham area?

IF the UA BOT acted in such a way and blocked UAB from actually helping the community and the people of B'ham then I most certainly have problem with that.

But if this is all about a football program and it's demise then I don't think I could care less.

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Posted by higgs_boson

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Posted on 3/27/15 at 1:35 pm to RT1941

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But I can't see where the great things UAB has been able to offer the B'ham area, the kids, financial support or the volunteer student support will cease to exist in the future due to decisions made by the UA BOT.

At this moment, it is really about the President of UAB, only the BoT can get rid of him and he is hurting UAB. Even his admirers would admit he cannot effectively administrate or raise funds going forward. He has lost the trust of the stakeholders, and could not even attend the last graduation or the c-usa games because he would be "disruptive". Again only the BoT can get him to step down, no one else.

And the President tried to kill the honor's program and cut faculty benefits, these non-football issues will adversely impact the University and the students who attend( many of whom graduated from Bhm city schools)

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But if this is all about a football program and it's demise then I don't think I could care less.

That is the thing. It is not really about the football program, that was a catalyst. The faculty did not vote no confidence due to the athletic issue, they were concerned about the future of UAB under this administration.

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