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re: Bill introduced in Alabama Legislature to restructure UA BoT

Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:34 pm to
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:34 pm to
What does the University of Alabama BOT have to do with the SEC?

For the better part of 20 years I don't think UAB had enough alumni in existence to fill Legion Field. According to their alumni society's website UAB only now has 118,000 living alumni spread across the world. UABs most successful alumni are the type of who people who are more likely to help pay for a stadium so they can have a suite than they are to go to Legion Field for a game. And by the way, yes UAB had buyers for every suite planned for their stadium
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
30274 posts
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:47 pm to
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What does the University of Alabama BOT have to do with the SEC? For the better part of 20 years I don't think UAB had enough alumni in existence to fill Legion Field. According to their alumni society's website UAB only now has 118,000 living alumni spread across the world. UABs most successful alumni are the type of who people who are more likely to help pay for a stadium so they can have a suite than they are to go to Legion Field for a game. And by the way, yes UAB had buyers for every suite planned for their stadium

A large part of the UAB alumni are also graduates of Alabama or Auburn - And a lot of them would rather be in Tuscaloosa or Auburn on Saturday's watching those teams play than watching the Blazers take the field.

My dentist is an AU/UAB grad - is a huge AU football fan who spends thousands each fall to set up a kick arse tailgate in Auburn on football Saturdays.

One of my fraternity brothers, is a UA/UAB grad -he's a doctor in a small town he owns a house on campus just for football weekends in Tuscaloosa. Said he never attended the first UAB sporting even while he was a UAB student and has no interest whatsoever now.



Posted by StopRobot
Mobile, AL
Member since May 2013
15412 posts
Posted on 3/20/15 at 2:59 pm to
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And by the way, yes UAB had buyers for every suite planned for their stadium


You said they had pledges to "virtually pay" for the stadium. I assume you looked it up and realized you were incorrect. Of course this glaring fact will make no difference in what you want to believe
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