re: SIAP: Paul Bryant Jr's Bank Tie That Binds UA BOT

Fans don't just show up to see the worst football product in the country for years for the heck of it. You know that. People get tired of dealing with the garbage. They stop showing up. Money coming in goes down.

But yes, blame the fans for having no control over their own athletic program. "You should've shown up to watch one of the worst teams in the country for a decade straight! It's not our fault we wouldn't let you hire a good coach for pocket change, or even think about building an on campus stadium instead of playing in the ghetto, or allow you to do fundraisers! You should've come to watch your team play and lose because they recruit so poorly due to bad facilities!"

Yeah, we got it.

As far as your question: The UAB Football Foundation began taking season ticket pledges during the CUSA basketball tournament in Birmingham. They sold 4,300 in 48 hours before the operation was frozen. 10,000 season tickets would put UAB as the highest number of season tickets in CUSA. Above Marshall, Southern Miss, etc.

If UAB had it's own 25,000-30,000 seat on campus stadium like they tried to get in 2011, there wouldn't be 70,000 seats for anyone to sit in. For at least half the games a year (which would be sellouts) you would have to get a ticket in advance. It's supply and demand. And I know countless people who just wouldn't go to UAB games due to it's location. Wrong or right? That's just how it is. More students would have gone to games. I don't see how anyone can argue those points. Region's Field is doing really well where it is and the UAB stadium was going to be built right next door to it. UAB football needed a stadium to survive and not getting it approved in 2011 was pretty much the death of the program right there.

edit: and just for the record, I've been to 60+ UAB football games in the past 10-12 years. I'm not just some sidewalk fan yelling for no reason.