Too bad someone from ESPN doesn't load up a camera crew and do a full blown documentary on this feud aspect.
That really summed it up so well for me that I thought it was worth transcribing:
David Glenn:
“One of your not too long ago tweets that struck my interest was about the UAB situation. You know, we have a lot of ECU fans that used to call UAB a conference rival for years, and they are shutting down their football program - the first major program in almost 20 years to basically shut their doors.
“One of your tweets was that “UAB’s issues are the underbelly of old South cronyism in intercollegiate sports.” As we let you go, elaborate on that, because that was an eye-opening headline for a lot of people that love college football.”
Tim Brando:
“No one is writing about it because no one wants to deal with it. No one wants to come to terms with it, and it’s uh, I get it. It’s a sad and tawdry, ugly, gray, dark, dank cloud with no silver lining. But the truth of the matter is, much of what happens with the currency of our sport deals with the history, both good and bad of intercollegiate athletics.
“And sadly, what has happened at UAB is an angry, old, bitter, rich man has a vendetta against a dead man who was once a high profile basketball coach who founded the UAB athletic program. Gene Bartow made some statements that he wished he had not made about Paul “Bear” Bryant. His son, Paul Bryant, Jr., who is the head man on the board of trustees, never forgave Gene Bartow for that, and in his final year before he was going to have to exit because he was turning 70, this was one last crowning achievement, in his mind, a dastardly deed that was inappropriate and impacts negatively a number of people’s lives, both coaches, coach’s wives, players, players’ families, and it is deeply, deeply unfortunate.
“A number of people don’t want to go there because of his political standing and the power that he has within the infrastructure of not only that institution, the institution’s institution and the conference that represents the institution. But that is the bottom line to this sad and tawdry story. And you can read whatever you want to read about the finances, about the lack of crowds, about the situation at Legion Field, how unfortunate the stadium circumstances were… there are a lot of other schools that operate at a far greater deficit than UAB ever thought about in football, in fact they actually made a little money on the football side.
“This has nothing to do with that. It has everything to do with old South cronyism and vendettas that date back decades, and that is a really sad story. And for those of us that are from the South, and I am one of them, that have fought so many negative stereotypes through the years, you never want to give the pinheads in the Northeast a leg to stand on. Well, when things like this happen, we do. And we don’t need that open cut bleeding, and those wounds of the past for everyone to point to when it comes to what decisions are made in the Southern corridor of the country. And I take that personally.”
David Glen:
“Tim Brando, on Twitter @timbrando. Great answer on a fascinating topic. I’m glad I squeezed that one in there, because that is a heck of a heartfelt answer…”
Brando will disappear mysteriously, soon.
This transcript needs to be sent to every faculty member at UAB and every city council member not just in Bham but surrounding cities as well. Best thing I've read on the whole story yet.
I have always liked Tim Brando, but now I admire him.
(12-10-2014 10:44 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote: [ -> ]Brando will disappear mysteriously, soon.
Heh.
I know what you mean, and if there were some way to do that
without drawing additional attention to the whole matter, I think you'd be right. But if something untoward happened to Tim Brando right now, the media's curiosity would be magnified a thousand-fold. That is (of course) the last thing that "They" want, and I think that even "They" are rational/sensible enough to realize that.
He hit the sad, disgusting underbelly of the true issues behind this attack on UAB. Huzzah, Tim Brando!!!
(12-10-2014 11:49 AM)Native Georgian Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2014 10:44 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote: [ -> ]Brando will disappear mysteriously, soon.
Heh.
I know what you mean, and if there were some way to do that without drawing additional attention to the whole matter, I think you'd be right. But if something untoward happened to Tim Brando right now, the media's curiosity would be magnified a thousand-fold. That is (of course) the last thing that "They" want, and I think that even "They" are rational/sensible enough to realize that.
They can't sign us all to well-paid NDA's!
(can they?)
(12-10-2014 09:15 AM)legalblazer Wrote: [ -> ]That was incredible!!!
I hope this is a sound byte on any future feature 30For30 documentary they're filming on the gutless premeditated murder of our football program!
(12-10-2014 06:02 PM)Matrix Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2014 09:15 AM)legalblazer Wrote: [ -> ]That was incredible!!!
I hope this is a sound byte on any future feature 30For30 documentary they're filming on the gutless premeditated murder of our football program!
Tim Brando is one of the best-he's not afraid to speak the truth, Gary Sanders also.