re: Why does Paul Bryant Jr. fear UAB so much?

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AUTiger45
Why does Paul Bryant Jr. fear UAB so much?
frick no, I concealed carry & I still wont go to legion field. most people at the games were admin, faculty & their families. most of them wouldnt be there if not required. I dont know wtf people are talking about but it is not safe around graymont. there are a handful of the lgbt crowd from UAB that think its safe otherwise its universally regarded as the ghetto wild west as even the cops wont hardly show up. one of the worst hoods in the state.

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Yeah...remember about all the rapin' and thievin' and killin' when 67,000 showed up for ASU-Alabama A&M?

Neither do I.

The unsafe neighborhood argument is fricking bullshite pushed by more Auburn fans than UAB fans. ASU and AAMU turns out in droves every year even though neither campus is in the area. Do yourself a favor...google Magic City Classic tailgate...check out all the images...and then try to come back with with this assertion with a straight face.

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They make money from the Greek housing.

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They recoup the money. The same argument was used in the proposal for the stadium. Not saying Greek housing would not make back the money, but the same logic can be applied to the stadium.

If a stadium was not in the most dangerous part of Birmingham, you would have greater attendance. Something near the baseball field would have been perfect.

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If a stadium was not in the most dangerous part of Birmingham,

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Far from the most dangerous part of Birmingham. Certainly not the nicest part, but far from the most dangerous.

And I support them having an on-campus stadium.

Yeah, I might have exaggerated on that part... it is probably not the most dangerous, but there is a perception that it is very dangerous.

And I would applaud UA BoT if it decided to let UAB remain in Conference USA. Losing football will also really hurt basketball a C-USA drops them. I hope all this argument will be moot because they really won't pull the trigger.

I hope most UA fans feel like the editorial writers at the UA school newspaper do.

jr bryant sticking his nose in other peoples biz

The salary was going to be paid 100% with private $ too

Can't tell me the advisory committee aren't his lackeys either.

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Again, just like hiring Jimbo, the BoT has to approve it. That is the crux of the matter. UAB does not have a deciding say in its own interests.

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And you're convinced that the BoT is...motivated by influences other than financial? Motivated by spite? Fear? I'm sorry, I'm just not understanding what y'all's argument is. You can attribute motivations all you want, but until someone gives a solid, verifiable, and reasonable motivation that fits into the claims of pettiness and/or corruption, the financial argument is the one that makes the most sense to me. If Bama is providing the cash outlay of $17.5 million a year, and has been for years, it really raises the question of why the BOT didn't put that expenditure squarely on UAB's shoulders in the past if UAB is so rich. There's got to be more to the story than this, because forcing UAB to cover its own expenses from the outset seems like the quickest way to drive home any point to UAB supporters about the prohibitive costs associated with running a losing program with little fan support. And, no, I don't buy the "well, they paid for their own money-losing projects like baseball!" It's their money. They're getting a direct cost/return system from it, unlike UAB's football program.

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its an amazing study watching how far bammers can completely disconnect from reality. what they are doing to UAB isnt much different than what they did to UAH recently over the NASA grants.

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Wow!!! The butt-hurt has continued for you into the UAB forray. Nice.

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They make money from the Greek housing.

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Sort of off topic, but how do Universities get away with housing discrimination since most greek organizations are certainly not integrated?

Just wondering? I never understood the need for fraternities or sororities as sanctioned University organizations. FTR, I graduated from AU. I was independent. Attended many frat parties with friends, but did not join a frat. To my eye, fraternities are basically a buyers club for beer and bands.

I certainly recognize the right to have clubs, freedom of assembly, etc, but I don't see the big deal about being in a fraternity. I had plenty of friends and some were in frats; some not.

oh look, the double digit IQs have come out to play. is it really a forray? you realize there are completely illiterate illegal aliens who are better at english than you right? your spare time is probably best wasted on a sports forum though. carry on.

UA BoT should be ashamed. Done deal months ago. Leaked a little early and now they say the President (recently appointed by UA BoT) made the choice.

I hope the blowback is tremendous.

Real UA fans should be disgusted with how this happened.