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Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:50 am to bobsacamano
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:50 am to bobsacamano
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Lol at donkeys blasting the Alabama system for not wanting to spend money on something they themselves aren't willing to spend money on.
We're you even watching that story? They had their biggest donor ready to whip out his check book, they had former players from the NFL ready to whip out their checkbook, they had a group who already had $5 mil and we're ready to get much more if they could just get a pledge to not kill the program. And furthermore thd program was actually moving in thd right direction, they'd doubled their attendance in just one year. There was no need to kill UAB football.
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:50 am to GetCocky11
"No it won't. Public will forget about it after today's games."
exactly. Nobody cared about uab football until it got cancelled. 6 months from now nobody will care it's gone.
exactly. Nobody cared about uab football until it got cancelled. 6 months from now nobody will care it's gone.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:50 am to imjustafatkid
This was pure politics by the BOT. It is the beginning of a move to kill the undergrad program at UAB. They want UAB to be a Graduate Satellite Program only. Bammer wants to increase undergrads on their campus and they don't want them going to UAB as undergrads. If the UAB undergraduate programs grows they see that as a challenge to their goal of getting to 40,000 + on campus in Tuscaloosa. Increased undergrads at UAT helps pay for all of that building that has occurred on the UAT campus. This is my opinion of what is really going on.
The truth will come out.
The truth will come out.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:50 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Tiger n Miami AU83
You are on a roll this morning. Knowing that Bama is playing for the SECCG and a playoff spot really has you going today.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:51 am to jb4
I could use a free UAB. Thanks!
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:51 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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The people who did that study asked the UAB people to come up with an extravagant "Christmas wish list" of everything they could think of that might cost money.
You mean like the new facilities, on campus stadium, and annual $18 million subsidy that UAB fans have been demanding for years? Yeah that would all be cheap.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:52 am to GetCocky11
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No it won't. Public will forget about it after today's games.
I dunno. This is so dirty, the state legislature has actually been forced to act. They are introducing legislation in the next session to separate UAB or change the representation on the bama BOT.
It is so painfully obvious to all that the bama BOT is intentionally fricking UAB, their hand is being forced.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:53 am to Bamad
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You are on a roll this morning. Knowing that Bama is playing for the SECCG and a playoff spot really has you going today.
I'm fricking ready!
Woke up this am to the goddamn IB replay on SEC network for the first time since the game and I'm pissed now.
frick bama.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:53 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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The people who did that study asked the UAB people to come up with an extravagant "Christmas wish list" of everything they could think of that might cost money.
This is disengenuous as well. Yes they asked what all would be needed, but that doesn't change the reality that UAB needs a new practice facility and other updated football facilities. The $44 million number doesn't even include an on campus stadium. I've been trying to tell UAB fans for years that an on campus stadium isn't the most important thing necessary for this program and have been told I'm an idiot for thinking that way.
The majority of UAB supporters wanted to hold back support because no stadium, hold back support because UAB is tied to the board of trustees, hold back support because they want to be a victim.
They got what they were asking for.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:54 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
We lost to Bama so let's act like we give a shite about UAB!
it is pretty fricked up that my city lost its team though. Where were you Auburn folk the past 10 years? UAB has been dying for support.
it is pretty fricked up that my city lost its team though. Where were you Auburn folk the past 10 years? UAB has been dying for support.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:54 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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I'm fricking ready!
Woke up this am to the goddamn IB replay on SEC network for the first time since the game and I'm pissed now.
frick bama.
I hear ya brother! frick Auburn! Lets let the hate flow freely today!!
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:54 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
What year did you become a UAB Tiger n Miami? Or should I say Blazer n Miami?
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:56 am to jb4
They shouldn't have been shut down, but they should have dropped to a lower division.
It shouldn't take threatening to shut the program down for boosters and former players to start donating.
It shouldn't take threatening to shut the program down for boosters and former players to start donating.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:57 am to Darth_Vader
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They had their biggest donor ready to whip out his check book, they had former players from the NFL ready to whip out their checkbook, they had a group who already had $5 mil and we're ready to get much more if they could just get a pledge to not kill the program.
It made for a nice story, but the numbers they were stating in that story aren't adding up to what UAB said it needs to keep the program going. And those are just one time donations to keep the program alive. Would they do it again next year?
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:59 am to imjustafatkid
The 47 million number was put up so the powers that be could have an excuse
there is no way in hell UAB booster or former players could have hit that number
I don't care who #freeuab thought was pulling out the checkbook
it's fricked up but it is what it is
there is no way in hell UAB booster or former players could have hit that number
I don't care who #freeuab thought was pulling out the checkbook
it's fricked up but it is what it is
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:59 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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No it won't. Public will forget about it after today's games.
I dunno. This is so dirty, the state legislature has actually been forced to act. They are introducing legislation in the next session to separate UAB or change the representation on the bama BOT.
It is so painfully obvious to all that the bama BOT is intentionally fricking UAB, their hand is being forced.
Exactly. This has been going on for years. UAB could have hired Jimbo Fisher, the board blocked it. They had a donor wanting to build an indoor practice facility, the board blocked it. They had plans and money lined up for an on-campus stadium they could have filled up, the board blocked it.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:00 am to Darth_Vader
How many times did Auburn play UAB in football?
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:00 am to Darth_Vader
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We're you even watching that story? They had their biggest donor ready to whip out his check book, they had former players from the NFL ready to whip out their checkbook, they had a group who already had $5 mil and we're ready to get much more if they could just get a pledge to not kill the program. And furthermore thd program was actually moving in thd right direction, they'd doubled their attendance in just one year. There was no need to kill UAB football.
How much were you willing to pay? How many games were you going to go to? If the answer is 0 then why do you care?
And doubled attendance? It's average attendance was 10k in 2013, so even if it doubled, 20k attendance for a team losing Millions per year isn't exactly making your case. Furthermore, if the team drops back to mediocrity then you're back to 10k per game. The boosters likely could not commit to spending millions per year for the next 20 years to support a program that nobody cares about. Literally nobody cares.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:00 am to imjustafatkid
Thd 47 mil was not what they needed for one year, it's what they needed over 5 years.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:02 am to jb4
#FreeUAB!!!!!
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