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(11-06-2014 01:47 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 01:38 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 01:17 PM)Matrix Wrote:  

(11-06-2014 01:11 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Don't take this the wrong way but what can y'all do about it? It's just a really f'd up situation all around.

It's a good question, and rather perplexing if you're on the outside looking in as a lot of UAB Football fans feel they are, like myself. Is East Carolina's Board Of Regents/Trustees connected all the way to state house in North Carolina as it appears to be here in Alabama with UAB/ua? If not, it's no wonder your football program has evolved and flourished like it has.

Yes, all NC pubic universities are part of one system. Alabama at least has more than one but you're on the wrong side. We were fortunate enough to have had excellent leadership in the 70's that pushed really hard for our football program and medical school. There's also not a cult-like college football following in our state either. Maybe that's the biggest difference.

Don't get me wrong, UNC takes more than their fair share of the pie but NCSU, ECU and UNCC are treated somewhat fairly in comparison to y'all.

On the surface at least, that sounds like the system used in Florida for all state universities. No one state school has special power over another state school. That difference from the "fiefdom organization" like we have in Alabama may have more to do with the growth of their several schools than just a difference in population - or state wealth.

Yes, it's pretty similar. Of course the flagship and landgrant will get the biggest slices of the pie from the state BUT we've got our own BOT and are allowed a good amount of autonomy. For example, we've got approval to expand our stadium to 60K provided we can raise the funds for it.

EDIT - And you root for 'Bama?