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re: UAB Creates Athletic Foundation to Circumvent U of A Board of Trustees
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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But Tulane built it. With their money.
Tulane also has an athletic foundation that raised the funds. UAB needs its own athletic fund and they might be able to raise the funds and secure the funding.
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If UAB wants to do that they are more than welcome to.
that is why they need the athletic foundation. Hell just look at the wonders that having an AF has done for ULL.
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Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:35 pm to WeeWee
Yea, I mean I am all for UAB doing this. I don't have any issue with it.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:36 pm to Pettifogger
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This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:39 pm to artompkins
LOL, it's our water bro
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:39 pm to artompkins
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I can tell you one thing Birmingham has an abundance of that Atlanta never, ever will; water. They have massively over populated and ran dry then they keep running to court to try and steal everyone else's.
We're bout to just steal the Tennessee river no biggy.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:39 pm to artompkins
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keep running to court to try and steal everyone else's.
So water in Georgia belongs to other states?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:49 pm to NYCAuburn
The reason Bama doesn't want UAB to be sucessful is because a lot of their big money donors are UAB Graduates.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:50 pm to Irons Puppet
We want UAB to be successful
We are not stopping them from being successful
We're simply not interested in absolute money pits
We are not stopping them from being successful
We're simply not interested in absolute money pits
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:50 pm to undecided
Hasn't Alabama repeatedly paid coaches to go elsewhere instead of UAB or something?
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:52 pm to FourThreeForty
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UAB doesn't succeed because they are located in quite honestly the shittiest city in the southeast sans downtown Atlanta.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:54 pm to Irons Puppet
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The reason Bama doesn't UAB to be sucessful is because a lot of their big money donors are UAB Graduates.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:54 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Hasn't Alabama repeatedly payed coaches to go elsewhere instead of UAB or something?
No
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:58 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Hasn't Alabama repeatedly payed coaches to go elsewhere instead of UAB or something?
Paid
And no, but the BOT did stop coaches from being hired
Posted on 10/28/14 at 1:59 pm to NYCAuburn
Right because it was an exorbitant investment that would never return. Why should UA pour money down the drain and assume all the risk?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:00 pm to genro
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We want UAB to be successful
We are not stopping them from being successful
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The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees released the official response on their decision to deny UAB's on-campus football stadium proposal. UAB president Carol Garrison also released a statement on the matter.
Here are the statements:
Board of Trustees Statement:
"A majority of the Board believes that an on-campus football stadium is not in the best interest of UAB
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UAB fans to protest today at UA System trustees meeting.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Students and other supporters of UAB's efforts to build an on-campus football stadium plan to protest today and Friday as the University of Alabama System's trustees gather on the Birmingham campus for their regular meeting.
Organizers say the rally will dwarf a similar protest held in Tuscaloosa when the board of trustees declined to review the University of Alabama at Birmingham's stadium plans in November. Since then, supporters of UAB have launched a group called FreeUAB, which has run commercials and staged other events to draw attention to its cause.
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UAB vs. UAT
Disgusting. Embarrassing. Shameful.
Just a few of the words that came to mind when it was revealed that the University of Alabama system Board of Trustees submarined UAB’s attempt to hire LSU offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher as head football coach for the supposed reason that his salary would have been too great.
If media reports are accurate, and there’s no reason to believe they aren’t in this case, UAB and Fisher agreed on a deal that would have had him take over the program at a salary of $600,000 a year. It was also reported that half of the money to pay Fisher would come from local businessmen, making Fisher’s effective salary against the school’s payroll a miniscule $300,000 per year. The average Division-1 football coach in America makes three times that sum.
This post was edited on 10/28/14 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:02 pm to NYCAuburn
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NEXT THING YOU'LL WANT THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN SCHOOLS
You're a rabid anti-dentite!
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:02 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Good, sounds like UAB has a lot of supporters that will be happy to donate large sums of money to their new Athletic Foundation to build a new stadium.
Should happen pretty quickly then. Good for them.
Should happen pretty quickly then. Good for them.
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:02 pm to SummerOfGeorge
[quote]What is going on here?
I’ll tell you what’s going on here: The University of Alabama system Board of Trustees is afraid the Birmingham school will one day compete with the Tuscaloosa school in football and it’s doing whatever it can to make sure that never happens.
Of the Board’s 15 members, 11 of them have some kind of degree from the Tuscaloosa campus while just two have a degree from the Birmingham campus.
One of those with a degree from UAT is none other than Bear Bryant’s son, Paul Bryant, Jr. Remember, Bear was on record having said he didn’t even think UAB should have an athletic department, let alone a football team. It has long been speculated in Alabama that the Board subversively attempts to stymie UAB’s growth in athletics and this stunt proves that suspicion beyond a shadow of a doubt.[/quote]
I’ll tell you what’s going on here: The University of Alabama system Board of Trustees is afraid the Birmingham school will one day compete with the Tuscaloosa school in football and it’s doing whatever it can to make sure that never happens.
Of the Board’s 15 members, 11 of them have some kind of degree from the Tuscaloosa campus while just two have a degree from the Birmingham campus.
One of those with a degree from UAT is none other than Bear Bryant’s son, Paul Bryant, Jr. Remember, Bear was on record having said he didn’t even think UAB should have an athletic department, let alone a football team. It has long been speculated in Alabama that the Board subversively attempts to stymie UAB’s growth in athletics and this stunt proves that suspicion beyond a shadow of a doubt.[/quote]
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:02 pm to genro
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Right because it was an exorbitant investment that would never return. Why should UA pour money down the drain and assume all the risk?
You were not responding to my quote were you?
Posted on 10/28/14 at 2:03 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Yes it's not a wise investment.
And a bunch of people believe they are entitled and bitch about it.
That's exactly what you posted.
And a bunch of people believe they are entitled and bitch about it.
That's exactly what you posted.
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