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How Does UAB Keep Their FBS Status?

rtcjny

rtcjny

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Last night I watched the UAB and UCF game on tv. The stands appeared to be almost empty. I have seen larger crowds at high school games. Will the lack of attendance void them of their FBS status?
 
What is especially disturbing is when my daughter comes home from school with tickets to UAB football games. Who is paying for it if the tickets are free?
 
When I was in Dental School back in the early 90s, they started up club football. I didn't really know many people that thought it was a good idea then. They had a pretty good basketball team around that time and in my opinion should have focused their energy and resources on that. If they were going to be serious about football, they should've built a small stadium on campus. Legion field all the way across town was a bad idea. Imagine Bryant Denny located off campus on the other side of Tuscaloosa.
 
Silverback said:
What is especially disturbing is when my daughter comes home from school with tickets to UAB football games. Who is paying for it if the tickets are free?
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I assume that UAB is doing like South Alabama and the students are paying a fee every semester that funds the football team and they get money from playing BCS schools. It is utterly ridiculous for commuter schools like UAB & USA to have football teams. Both play in dumps that are off campus and both are ill attended. There is no point in having a football program if it exists solely to be a punching bag for BCS schools.
 
rtcjny said:
Isn't there a minimum attendance required in order to remain a FBS team?
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I'm not sure if there is an attendance requirement, but I'm pretty sure there is a seating requirement in the stadium you use.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I refuse to go to any UAB games as long as they use Legion field. That part of down is dangerous, and I want nothing to do with it. If they build a small stadium on campus, then I would probably go to as many of them as I could.
 
RollTideMang said:
I'm not sure if there is an attendance requirement, but I'm pretty sure there is a seating requirement in the stadium you use.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I refuse to go to any UAB games as long as they use Legion field. That part of down is dangerous, and I want nothing to do with it. If they build a small stadium on campus, then I would probably go to as many of them as I could.
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I think most people feel that way. I was so thankful when Bama quit playing there.
I just have major issues when I need to wear a bullet proof vest in order to go to a football game.
 
BamaDude06 said:
IIRC, you have to average 15,000 for home games.
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I think their staidums have to be able to seat like 25 or 30,000 also. Do not know about the average attendance thing. But they do have to have a certain size stadium. Vandy I think just makes it in on size of stadium.
 
The rule is 15,000 and if it was enforced things would be a lot better for college football. It doesn't seem to be though, there are conferences that average around that.

If anything good can come out of all this realignment, it's that the WAC, MAC and Sun Belt might be relegated to such obscurity that they finally get the idea and go down to the appropriate level of football.
 
KrAzY3 said:
The rule is 15,000 and if it was enforced things would be a lot better for college football. It doesn't seem to be though, there are conferences that average around that.

If anything good can come out of all this realignment, it's that the WAC, MAC and Sun Belt might be relegated to such obscurity that they finally get the idea and go down to the appropriate level of football.
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The one good thing about them being in FBS is that you can play an FCS team without it counting as an FCS team.
 
KrAzY3 said:
The rule is 15,000 and if it was enforced things would be a lot better for college football. It doesn't seem to be though, there are conferences that average around that.

If anything good can come out of all this realignment, it's that the WAC, MAC and Sun Belt might be relegated to such obscurity that they finally get the idea and go down to the appropriate level of football.
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Okay. Found this on the web:

Division One (FBS) Qualifications:




Division I is the top level of competition in the NCAA, the governing body for major college sports. Not all Division I schools maintain football programs, but those that do are divided into two subdivisions. The Football Bowl Subdivision, or FBS, is the big schools---the ones that play on national TV. FBS used to be called Division I-A. Smaller schools play in the Football Championship Subdivision, or FCS, the former Division I-AA. To field a football team in either subdivision, a school must fulfill a number of NCAA requirements.


Sports Teams



To compete in FBS, a school must compete in at least 16 varsity sports, including football. Of those 16, at least six must be men's sports and at least eight must be women's sports. For FCS, schools must compete in at least 14 sports, with at least six men's sports and seven women's sports. If a school sponsors more sports than the minimum, it must follow NCAA guidelines to ensure equity between men's and women's opportunities.


Scheduling



An FBS team must schedule at least 60 percent of its games against other FBS teams; however, one game against an FCS team can count toward this requirement if the FCS school uses 90 percent of its available football scholarships. An FBS team also must have five home games against FBS teams every year. One game at a neutral site can count as a "home" game in this respect.

In FCS, a school must schedule at least 50 percent of its games against Division I teams from either subdivision. This allows FCS schools to schedule more games against teams in the NCAA's lower ranks, Divisions II and III. There is no home-game requirement in FCS.


Attendance



To maintain FBS status, a school must average 15,000 in paid or actual attendance a game at least once every two seasons. The NCAA used to require Division I-A schools to have a stadium with a minimum capacity of 30,000, but that rule was scrapped in 2004. FCS has no attendance requirements.


Financial Aid



To remain in Division I, a school must grant at least 50 percent of the maximum number of scholarships the NCAA allows in each sport. Alternatively, it can issue an NCAA-prescribed minimum dollar amount of aid to athletes, which as of the 2009-10 school year was about $1.15 million, with at least half going to women's sports. Or it can offer at least 25 men's and 25 women's scholarships in sports besides football and basketball (or 35 of each if the school doesn't play basketball).

FCS schools must meet only these criteria. FBS schools have additional requirements: provide 90 percent of the maximum allowable football scholarships and offer at least 200 scholarships or at least $4 million in total athletic scholarships across all sports.



Read more: Division 1 College Football Requirements | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6660709_division-1-college-football-requirements.html#ixzz1bR21CttY
 
:BigA: One of the posters on this thread commented about South Alabama football being in the same category as UAB. IMO South Alabama and UAB are completely different, if for no other reason than USA is a starter program. UAB has a consistent history of not supporting football and it's obvious that metro Birmingham could not care less. I've always thought that USA and the southern part of Alabama needed college football. IMO USA football will be a big success, if for no other reason than because that don't have a team anywhere close to Mobile.
 
J.E.B. Stuart said:
I think their staidums have to be able to seat like 25 or 30,000 also. Do not know about the average attendance thing. But they do have to have a certain size stadium. Vandy I think just makes it in on size of stadium.
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BD06 is correct.

"15,000 average
actual or paid
attendance for all
home football games.
Institution must
perform annual
certified audit."

From actual NCAA membership Requirements at:
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect...ERES&CACHEID=def326804e0d521599f2f91ad6fc8b25
 
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