(07-10-2015 01:08 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  According to Fox Sports Southwest... 2016.

UAB president: University bringing football back in 2016

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- UAB President Ray Watts said Monday he is bringing the football program back in 2016, reversing a decision to shut it down because it was too expensive.

Watts cited renewed financial commitment from supporters, students and the city as reasons for the change of heart.

He said donors have pledged to make up the projected $17.2 million deficit over the next five years if football is restored. Watts told The Associated Press he decided on Monday morning to reverse the earlier decision after meetings with UAB supporters continued through the weekend.

Here is the link.

http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/uab-president-university-bringing-football-back-in-2016-060115

(07-10-2015 12:21 PM)Cnelson203 Wrote:  As disappointed as 2017 probably is to you, it's probably the best course of action given how your team was decimated by the Evil ones. The rest of us can wait...do it right.

(07-10-2015 01:08 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  According to Fox Sports Southwest... 2016.

UAB president: University bringing football back in 2016

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- UAB President Ray Watts said Monday he is bringing the football program back in 2016, reversing a decision to shut it down because it was too expensive.

Watts cited renewed financial commitment from supporters, students and the city as reasons for the change of heart.

He said donors have pledged to make up the projected $17.2 million deficit over the next five years if football is restored. Watts told The Associated Press he decided on Monday morning to reverse the earlier decision after meetings with UAB supporters continued through the weekend.

Here is the link.

http://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/uab-president-university-bringing-football-back-in-2016-060115

(07-11-2015 11:48 AM)Blazer Engineer Wrote:  I believe Pumpkin Head is mentally ill. He is an arrogant little bastard

Quote:“Once the decision was made, a lot of coaches were there to recruit guys,” Nelson said. “I was still there taking classes because I graduated in December. The next day, you had 50 schools – big name schools: Florida, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Vanderbilt, schools like that – come to the campus. Our coaches, they brought them in. They checked the film to see who the other teams wanted. They gave them film, gave them input like, ‘This is a great guy.’”

(07-12-2015 08:53 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  Do all the $$ pledges they received seem to be holding solid?? It was easy for people to throw around money, when it was good PR, and there seemed little chance of bringing football back, now it is real money.

(07-12-2015 03:13 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  JJ Nelson - UAB, 5th Round draft pick by Arizona said the following after UAB Football shutdown operations:

Quote:“Once the decision was made, a lot of coaches were there to recruit guys,” Nelson said. “I was still there taking classes because I graduated in December. The next day, you had 50 schools – big name schools: Florida, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Vanderbilt, schools like that – come to the campus. Our coaches, they brought them in. They checked the film to see who the other teams wanted. They gave them film, gave them input like, ‘This is a great guy.’”

That sucks but it was also the reality of what Watts had done to the program. F'n idiot!!!

http://www.azcardinals.com/news-and-events/article-2/JJ-Nelsons-UAB-Roller-Coaster/b56c200d-ccd4-4391-a693-9f59437e43f4

(07-12-2015 12:57 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-12-2015 03:13 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  JJ Nelson - UAB, 5th Round draft pick by Arizona said the following after UAB Football shutdown operations:

Quote:“Once the decision was made, a lot of coaches were there to recruit guys,” Nelson said. “I was still there taking classes because I graduated in December. The next day, you had 50 schools – big name schools: Florida, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Vanderbilt, schools like that – come to the campus. Our coaches, they brought them in. They checked the film to see who the other teams wanted. They gave them film, gave them input like, ‘This is a great guy.’”

That sucks but it was also the reality of what Watts had done to the program. F'n idiot!!!

http://www.azcardinals.com/news-and-events/article-2/JJ-Nelsons-UAB-Roller-Coaster/b56c200d-ccd4-4391-a693-9f59437e43f4

Putting aside the fact that the program had been officially killed, helping those athletes who remained find new homes if they so wanted seems like the right thing to do. I can see being hacked off if they'd just said, the program's dead and you're now on your own.