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re: Bama fans--how real is "The Machine"?
Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:41 pm to RollTigers
Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:41 pm to RollTigers
quote:Pretty much all of this. They definitely helped to organize fixing a city election this past year though which is actually a big deal. Also, the members of the actual Machine Board are seriously taken care of after college.
It's real. I graduated from Bama.
They get a certain amount of money from the greek organizations every year - some groups have reported it to be in the hundreds per member (of the sorority/fraternity, not the machine) per semester.
Honestly, what I've heard is that they just have a huge amount of control over who gets nominated for SGA positions and they decide who should get most of the Greek votes - which, 90% of the time, determines the winners.
Apparently the members in it have a massive bar tab at most of the places from the money they get from the greeks.
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Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:44 pm to cas4t
I have several friends who were greeks at Bama, they assure me that the Machine does not exist.
Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:45 pm to UAFanFromNOLA
Networking is a huge deal. The ole phrase about who you know not what. It's true.
Posted on 11/29/13 at 10:22 pm to Caplewood
There was even a local news story here in Mobile on them fixing a Tuscaloosa city council race for the wife of an ex member or something by having beer buses for students to vote or something like that.
The question and speculation is on whether the members continue to play after graduation.
The question and speculation is on whether the members continue to play after graduation.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 7:14 am to PepaSpray
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You stupid kid.
I'm a Rec-r and I did my time at UAH. Engineering was better there than UA, and I wasn't about to be an auburn gay. I wanted an education not a coloring book.
What?
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