re: If anyone is actually interested in what happended with UAB

One more little link then I will give up on this since it is now too late anyway.
The study Carr gave UAB was 9 pages long.
The one they did for James Madison University was over 60.

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First, the question put to Carr Sports was clearly "how do we cut football," not "should we cut football." The focus of the report is how to cut football while maintaining Title IX compliance and making a good argument for UAB to stay in its conference. It clearly started with a conclusion and worked backward from there.

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"I think this is the worst thing that can happen for football in Birmingham," said Ramsay's Nelson, who also coached receiver J.J. Nelson at Midfield. "Clark came in and did a great job of doing what he could to support Birmingham athletics and for city coaches and players to lose a local Division I team is terrible.

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"Hopefully they have been proactive in having discussions with the Atlantic 10 or another conference," said Adrien Bouchet, a sports administration professor at the University of Tulsa. "I personally don't think they have thought this part through."

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UAB would be forced to leave Conference USA if it moves forward without football, according to the conference's by-laws. Conference USA decided in 2005 that all conference members must play football at the Football Bowl Series level or be in the process of moving to that level.

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If forced to leave Conference USA, the options are limited for the school. The Atlantic Sun, Sun Belt, Southern Conference and Missouri Valley are the most likely landing places. The Sun Belt could be a good fit geographically and has an odd number of teams at 11 members, but it is unclear whether the conference would be interested in adding a basketball-only school.

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Effectively, UAB athletics has been killed. It will not change. Alabama fans will claim no one cares or make snide jokes. But this is a shite way to treat a university under your umbrella.

If you do not consider part of UAB part of the UA family, for God's sake let it go.