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Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
This just went out to everyone at UAB by email:

Quote:Students, faculty and staff,
As you likely know, we are anticipating receipt on May 15 of the College Sports Solutions (CSS) review, commissioned by the Athletic Assessment Task Force, of what CSS projects it would cost to invest adequately in our current athletics programs and reinstate and support football, rifle and bowling programs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The Task Force was also charged with determining what financial resources are needed beyond what UAB has previously committed to its athletic programs in order to reinstate a consistently successful football program and to determine if external, private funding exists to sustain such an effort.
Again, the report is due May 15, 2015. The UAB senior leadership team will be consulting with various stakeholders within the UAB community. We will consider the report's findings, along with other important, valuable and mission-critical data, in order to make the best decision for UAB going forward, guided by our vision, mission and strategic plan.
We plan to make an announcement by June 1. This announcement will be made via our website, social media channels and by email when an official decision has been reached.
With best wishes,
Ray L. Watts
President
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05-13-2015 01:55 PM
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Via email. SMH.
05-13-2015 01:59 PM
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I betting that the statement is all ready written and ready to go.
05-13-2015 02:01 PM
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(05-13-2015 01:59 PM)BirminghamBound Wrote:  Via email. SMH.

Yeah, I don't know what to make of that. Either way you'd think that they'd want to have a press conference. Of course there is still time for them to schedule the press conference. There's a chance that they truly don't know what they're going to do. Of course conventional wisdom says that they have no intention of bringing those sports back regardless, but at some level it may be unavoidable for them. If the report comes back and the fundraising is successful, then they may have to change course. If they decide to actually bring the sports back I would expect a press conference to be scheduled between now and then.
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When does this jerk resign or get fired? Jeepers! I'm so tired of his crap.
05-13-2015 02:04 PM
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Something tells me we'll know before then.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
(05-13-2015 02:02 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  
(05-13-2015 01:59 PM)BirminghamBound Wrote:  Via email. SMH.

Yeah, I don't know what to make of that. Either way you'd think that they'd want to have a press conference. Of course there is still time for them to schedule the press conference. There's a chance that they truly don't know what they're going to do. Of course conventional wisdom says that they have no intention of bringing those sports back regardless, but at some level it may be unavoidable for them. If the report comes back and the fundraising is successful, then they may have to change course. If they decide to actually bring the sports back I would expect a press conference to be scheduled between now and then.

Watts is NOT going to make that mistake again. He has already held a press conference after delivering bad news. Why repeat that scene?
05-13-2015 02:08 PM
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For the love of god please leave Watts. All of this is insanity, Football should have never been dropped. We'll keep fighting like hell and regardless of the outcome I want that POS out of office.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
Expect some non committal PR bought answer if it's done trough email.
05-13-2015 02:09 PM
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
It would be like them to say that they are bringing rifle and bowling back because of all the donation pledges they have received. However, football remains gone. They can then say they gave us some of what we wanted.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
(05-13-2015 02:10 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  It would be like them to say that they are bringing rifle and bowling back because of all the donation pledges they have received. However, football remains gone. They can then say they gave us some of what we wanted.

That wouldn't work, those two sports were dropped because of Title IX, not money. No one was ever expecting UAB to build a bowling alley on campus.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
Someone should take Ray's e-mail and compare it to the leaked documents with all the DC talking points and circle them. Then tweet it out like crazy.

All those talking points came from Finis through DC. I bet you could pull the letter he sent out after they killed the stadium and connect the dots. Same "code" words.

I don't have the time or I would.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
(05-13-2015 02:21 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Someone should take Ray's e-mail and compare it to the leaked documents with all the DC talking points and circle them. Then tweet it out like crazy.

All those talking points came from Finis through DC. I bet you could pull the letter he sent out after they killed the stadium and connect the dots. Same "code" words.

I don't have the time or I would.

Genius idea, what about one of our Al.com friends or the fine folks at UD?
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Someone contact them.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
Maybe this was all a plan by Ray to milk the supporters for money. Think about it.
He drops the hammer on a few sports and let's the locals go ape$4!t over the injustice of it all.........Then he allows a commission or two to review his decision, while floating the notion that "proper funding" might bring the sports back..........The faithful line in their hate for Ray, BUT step up and dig deep, promising to fund it all with millions of their own money....... Ray takes a pr hit, but allows the sports to come back (and now sits on a stack of cash big enough to fund UAB Athletics for years to come.)

I doubt even he and his pr minions could have thought this scenario up, and played it out to this level. But if he did, Ray's an evil genius. 05-stirthepot
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I think it's coming back
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(05-13-2015 02:31 PM)backyardblazer Wrote:  Maybe this was all a plan by Ray to milk the supporters for money. Think about it.
He drops the hammer on a few sports and let's the locals go ape$4!t over the injustice of it all.........Then he allows a commission or two to review his decision, while floating the notion that "proper funding" might bring the sports back..........The faithful line in their hate for Ray, BUT step up and dig deep, promising to fund it all with millions of their own money....... Ray takes a pr hit, but allows the sports to come back (and now sits on a stack of cash big enough to fund UAB Athletics for years to come.)

I doubt even he and his pr minions could have thought this scenario up, and played it out to this level. But if he did, Ray's an evil genius. 05-stirthepot

I think we can rule out evil genius. Just evil.
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RE: Football decision to be made by June 1: Ray Watts e-mail statement
He used the term "mission-critical." That tells me all I need to know. Gonna send in a new pledge form for $1million per year. Call my bluff, Ray.
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(05-13-2015 02:31 PM)backyardblazer Wrote:  Maybe this was all a plan by Ray to milk the supporters for money. Think about it.
He drops the hammer on a few sports and let's the locals go ape$4!t over the injustice of it all.........Then he allows a commission or two to review his decision, while floating the notion that "proper funding" might bring the sports back..........The faithful line in their hate for Ray, BUT step up and dig deep, promising to fund it all with millions of their own money....... Ray takes a pr hit, but allows the sports to come back (and now sits on a stack of cash big enough to fund UAB Athletics for years to come.)

I doubt even he and his pr minions could have thought this scenario up, and played it out to this level. But if he did, Ray's an evil genius. 05-stirthepot

If that was the plan they would have announced a fundraising effort before closing the sports. This has done irreparable damage to UAB and to Watts' administration. If this was done on purpose then Watts should be fired for incompetence. If not he should be fired for being a liar.
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