re: UAB players react to program being shut down

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Good riddance.

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I keep reading shite like this from Bama fans, and yet I don't think of any them actually realize this is a reflection on UA as well. Colleges and college athletics are big business. If you consider UA as the parent company and UAB as a division of the company, then why the celebration? The failure of UAB athletics is ultimately a failure of the University of Alabama.

Ive also read all the arguments from Bama fans saying build a fan base, put a winning product on the field etc, as well as all the arguments from the UAB side. No one knows better than Bama about the importance of facility upgrades, stadium upgrades and coaching upgrades. Alabama has invested millions into all of those things over the past decade and has reaped huge financial rewards.

As a business would it not have made more sense to take steps over the past decade to ensure that other areas of the company also succeeded by investing in the tools to make them successful or at least profitable? I guess I just don't understand the thinking that the way to grow a program/business is to not invest anything into it other than an operating budget. So Bama fans, go on and celebrate. Just remember you're not only celebrating the failure of UAB athletics also the UA BOT's who were content to let it be a money pit for 20 year instead of making it a viable money making entity for the UA system