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Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:06 pm to 14&Counting
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:06 pm to 14&Counting
Except that is exactly what is suggested by losing CUSA affiliation. Let me know what conference UAB will be in since the school is in Alabama. I've already shown why moving to the MVC with no football program will cost the same as staying in CUSA and keeping football.
Do you think it would be wise for UAB to pay generally the same money only to drop down to the 20th RPI ranked Sun Belt or the 30th RPI ranked Atlantic Sun? CUSA isn't great anymore, but it is still better than either of those. Is losing a football program worth going to the MVC? Probably not. If there was a Big East or an A10 invite on the table I could at least understand the argument.
You can't just shutter a football program inside of a bubble. College athletics don't work like that.
UAB basketball will have dropped from a top 10 basketball conference down to a sub 20 to 30 RPI ranked conference in only a decade's time if they don't stay in CUSA or end up in the MVC. That is a monumental failing by the people running it. I'm not sure that has even been accomplished before in any other school's history. Think about those implications :P.
Do you think it would be wise for UAB to pay generally the same money only to drop down to the 20th RPI ranked Sun Belt or the 30th RPI ranked Atlantic Sun? CUSA isn't great anymore, but it is still better than either of those. Is losing a football program worth going to the MVC? Probably not. If there was a Big East or an A10 invite on the table I could at least understand the argument.
You can't just shutter a football program inside of a bubble. College athletics don't work like that.
UAB basketball will have dropped from a top 10 basketball conference down to a sub 20 to 30 RPI ranked conference in only a decade's time if they don't stay in CUSA or end up in the MVC. That is a monumental failing by the people running it. I'm not sure that has even been accomplished before in any other school's history. Think about those implications :P.
This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:35 pm to dswear
So I guess that justifies throwing an estimated $75 million over the next few years alone to continue to support this loss making operation?.......or the other alternative is to spend even more money to actually make UAB competitive? Look at other urban schools within big systems like Texas or California and even they don't have anything like that....Why the frick would we want to build a competing program a mere 45 minutes away?
I an going to give you and every Barner in this thread a lesson in real politik. There is one, only one, football program within the University of Alabama system that matters.....and you know which one that is......
I an going to give you and every Barner in this thread a lesson in real politik. There is one, only one, football program within the University of Alabama system that matters.....and you know which one that is......
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