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re: UAB football likely coming back
Posted on 5/29/15 at 9:35 pm to dswear
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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Posted on 5/29/15 at 10:13 pm to 14&Counting
75 million? Where did you pull that number out? How is a supposed 3 million a year deficit (all to scholarships) = to 75 million?
UAB athletic department with football in CUSA = 3 mil deficit for the football program. Around 9-10 mil expenses, 6-7 mil revenue previous years (which were the worst seasons ever other than 2014).
UAB athletic department without football in MVC = 3 mil deficit since they lose the CUSA revenue and travel costs are higher.
If the fooball program deficit is covered for 5 years at a minimum by donors in just a month of fundraising, how is it any skin off your back to reinstate the program?
Please don't just make up numbers to support some bad argument. Those big "50 million" number arguments you kept hearing when it was initially killed were baloney. Half of that was going to go towards the football deficit which was waaaaay over projected according to all other reports. The other half was going to go towards football facilities and to other non football facilities. Yes, they lumped everything in with football to make it look far worse to the public for the announcement. You might've noticed that UAB's cost of attendance is over 5,000$ for some unknown reason. Not to mention they started a bunch of non revenue sports to replace football.
"Guys, let's kill the football program because it is going to cost actual money to build some facilities for once. Let's not like, you know, start a fund raising campaign or anything like a normal university. Let's just monumentally make everyone angry. Good idea!"
UAB athletic department with football in CUSA = 3 mil deficit for the football program. Around 9-10 mil expenses, 6-7 mil revenue previous years (which were the worst seasons ever other than 2014).
UAB athletic department without football in MVC = 3 mil deficit since they lose the CUSA revenue and travel costs are higher.
If the fooball program deficit is covered for 5 years at a minimum by donors in just a month of fundraising, how is it any skin off your back to reinstate the program?
Please don't just make up numbers to support some bad argument. Those big "50 million" number arguments you kept hearing when it was initially killed were baloney. Half of that was going to go towards the football deficit which was waaaaay over projected according to all other reports. The other half was going to go towards football facilities and to other non football facilities. Yes, they lumped everything in with football to make it look far worse to the public for the announcement. You might've noticed that UAB's cost of attendance is over 5,000$ for some unknown reason. Not to mention they started a bunch of non revenue sports to replace football.
"Guys, let's kill the football program because it is going to cost actual money to build some facilities for once. Let's not like, you know, start a fund raising campaign or anything like a normal university. Let's just monumentally make everyone angry. Good idea!"
This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 10:31 pm
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