UAB reinstates football for 2016

[Bazza]

LINK

 

[Bazza]

SIAP....didn't see it......

 

[TrampLineman]

Going to be funny when 7k show up for the first game back, IF THAT. Just going to be another big waste of cash.

 

[Mamacalled]

Now maybe we can get Samford, Birmingham Southern, AUM and every university in the state a FBS football program.

 

[davefrat]

So they have to recruit 100 players in a year?

How many transferred and are they allowed to return and play immediately or do they have to sit out a year?

 

[jthomas666]

Going to be funny when 7k show up for the first game back, IF THAT. Just going to be another big waste of cash.

UAB Football may or may not be a viable commodity...but it will NEVER be viable so long as they're playing at Legion Field.

 

[Al A Bama]

Maybe they should contact Hoover School District to see about the availability of their stadium for home games.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

the stadium will be completely full for the first game right? afterall "everyone" wanted this?

 

[Mamacalled]

UAB fans and the rioters of Baltimore are no different. They want the taxpayer to pick up the tab.

 

[IM4UA]

the stadium will be completely full for the first game right? afterall "everyone" wanted this?

They will need to fill the stadium up for the first game to show the level of "support" the program has now. I suspect admission will be free with a recepit that shows you purchased anything in 2015. I'll be very interested to see what percentage of the pledged contributions are actually collected.

 

[81usaf92]

I heard one of our senators say that Birmingham is ready to give UAB the support to build an on campus stadium... I laughed because I know Birmingham will never go through with it.

 

[rolltide7854]

Yawn..... wake me up when they have at least 20,000 fans that actually bought a ticket and showed up.

 

[Al A Bama]

I heard one of our senators say that Birmingham is ready to give UAB the support to build an on campus stadium... I laughed because I know Birmingham will never go through with it.

Don't you guys already tithe to the city of Birmingham with sales taxes? Isn't theirs 10% or is it higher now?

 

[mikeua69]

What does it say about your fanbase when the program has to be shut down for people to start giving a damn? Ridiculous.

I'm convinced most of the rhetoric is being driven by Barners and the stupid local Birmingham news media.

 

[TideEngineer08]

So the program was barely viable before they shut it down (I don't care what anyone or any study says, that program has never made money). Now, you decide to restart it after essentially having a self imposed death penalty. UAB won't sniff success now for years. I will be shocked if they average more than 15,000 fans after their first home game.

This entire episode is a case study on the absurdity of what public relations have become in the social media era.

 

[81usaf92]

Don't you guys already tithe to the city of Birmingham with sales taxes? Isn't theirs 10% or is it higher now?

No I don't have anything to do with Birmingham unless you want to say because I pay alabama state taxes i do. The narrative of Birmingham's current state can be clearly seen through their suburbs. Homewood, vestavia, Hoover, and mountain brook have made it their mission to create a substantial distance from Birmingham politics. Birmingham is dying and their politics are expediting the process. Uab will have a good first year back with attendence but after that it's probably the same as we know it to be

 

[Crimson1967]

Yeah, but there are a bunch of cool bars downtown and some hipster doofuses living in lofts, so Birmingham is back.

 

[Crimson57s]

IMHO, it was a carefully crafted and well executed fundraising process.

I feel sorry for the players and coaches whose lives have been rearranged by this charade.

 

[Mamacalled]

No I don't have anything to do with Birmingham unless you want to say because I pay alabama state taxes i do. The narrative of Birmingham's current state can be clearly seen through their suburbs. Homewood, vestavia, Hoover, and mountain brook have made it their mission to create a substantial distance from Birmingham politics. Birmingham is dying and their politics are expediting the process. Uab will have a good first year back with attendence but after that it's probably the same as we know it to be

There were thirteen cities in the Birmingham area that promised to help fund the UAB football program. Curious as to know which cities. I'm pretty certain that Vestavia was one of those cities. So, even if you don't live in the Ham, good chance your tax dollars are going to subsidize UAB even more than they were before.

 

[snake plissken]

Wow......you would think UAB is Auburn or Tennessee with all the hate being spewed