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re: UAB Creates Athletic Foundation to Circumvent U of A Board of Trustees
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to AUbagman
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to AUbagman
UAB was wanting to borrow $60 million to fund this thing when they have no fan base. The projection from building the stadium would be twice as many tickets sales as they get now (with a very generous estimate).
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to FourThreeForty
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I bet you cant even give 2 legitimate reasons why Bear Bryant was a piece of shite that isn't "he was a raging drunk" or "a redneck wife beater" Douche.
do you need more?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to Bham4Tide
Bham4Tide is actually considering a move . . . and a name change.
Always hated it.
Always hated it.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to BamaGradinTn
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This. As long as tax dollars aren't used, who cares.
Fat chance.
They're only able to meet the D1 minimum attendance requirements because the city buys something like 5,000 season tickets.
If their foundation can fund and build a stadium, good for them but I'd put the chances at somewhere less than 0 without funding from Birmingham.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to Pettifogger
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Birmingham has solid stuff going on, even if it isn't my preference.
I mean it's fine I guess, but if I'm going to live in a big place I want to live in an actual big place. If not, I want to live in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:53 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Birmingham is going to build a dome. 55,000 seats is the plan.
UAB may be out of luck trying to build their own stadium for sure now.
UAB may be out of luck trying to build their own stadium for sure now.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:54 am to genro
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But if you don't meet our $70 million demand, you are the a-hole
The last stadium proposal include guaranteed funding from private donors, along with sky box commitments among other things and the Board of Trustees refused to even hear the proposal
If UAB can hang on to their current coach and he build a program that's competing for C-USA titles with fan support, what reason is there for them not to have a stadium?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:54 am to AUbagman
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Is he a piece of shite like his father was?
Time for you take a visit to banland.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:54 am to thelawnwranglers
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do you need more?
But he wasn't either of those things. I mean he liked to drink but he wasn't a raging drunk nor a wife beater
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:55 am to undecided
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If UAB can hang on to their current coach and he build a program that's competing for C-USA titles with fan support, what reason is there for them not to have a stadium?
But they aren't doing that. And they were winning a good number of games in the late 90's and early 2000's and still had no fan support. If they do start winning and people start going then they can start the conversation.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 11:56 am
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:56 am to SummerOfGeorge
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Programs like Troy, South Alabama, Georgia Southern, etc must really hate welfare programs like UAB and Georgia State.
Important for the states' educational reputations though. Those programs have a lot more national prominence (if you want to call it that), than Troy or Georgia Southern.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:57 am to undecided
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If UAB can hang on to their current coach and he build a program that's competing for C-USA titles with fan support, what reason is there for them not to have a stadium?
Not going to happen. That guy is moving up the ladder faster than Speedy Gonzalas. The UAB program is a stepping stone program right now, they cannot and will not pay big bucks for a coach.
What reason? How about watching a game with only 1/3 of the seats filled each week. It will happen. I know.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:57 am to SummerOfGeorge
UAB's best hope is the Dome.
Georgia State is about to luck into a similar situation with Turner Field and the area surrounding it. The University System of Georgia would laugh their asses off if Georgia State brought a proposal to borrow $100M to build a stadium.
Georgia State is about to luck into a similar situation with Turner Field and the area surrounding it. The University System of Georgia would laugh their asses off if Georgia State brought a proposal to borrow $100M to build a stadium.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 11:58 am
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:57 am to StopRobot
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But he wasn't either of those things. I mean he liked to drink but he wasn't a raging drunk nor a wife beater
good to know because it seemed like both of those were solid reasons if true
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:57 am to undecided
quote:If those conditions are met and it could even approach profitability, then I'm sure it will happen.
If UAB can hang on to their current coach and he build a program that's competing for C-USA titles with fan support, what reason is there for them not to have a stadium?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:57 am to Pettifogger
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Important for the states' educational reputations though. Those programs have a lot more national prominence (if you want to call it that), than Troy or Georgia Southern.
Sure, but this is not an academic discussion.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:58 am to undecided
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The last stadium proposal include guaranteed funding from private donors, along with sky box commitments among other things and the Board of Trustees refused to even hear the proposal
Even with all that it STILL included borrowing $60 mil and the current UAB president does not support the stadium
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:58 am to SummerOfGeorge
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UAB's best hope is the Dome.
This.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:59 am to StopRobot
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Even with all that it STILL included borrowing $60 mil and the current UAB president does not support the stadium
This is such a ridiculous conversation.
Again, let UAB go do their own thing. If they can raise enough money to build a stadium have at it. If not, well, that is the way the world works.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 11:59 am to thelawnwranglers
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good to know because it seemed like both of those were solid reasons if true
They aren't. I read his biography "The Last Coach" and one other I can't remember the name of.
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