GoodOwl
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The Value of Football
Most of us here already know and believe this, but nice to hear from outside as well. If UAB drops football, marginally bad for teams like Rice. OTOH if they re-instate, it helps to further reaffirm the recent commitments by Leebron, Tudor, JK etc... that bringing Rice back to where it was (P5 level) is the right thing to do for the school, and to put the school's money behind.
the quote:
Quote:"The value of athletics through a university transcends the financial investment, and certainly the value of football to a university transcends the financial investment." --Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky made that clear in an interview with AL.com.
the story to date:
CUSA commissioner hopes UAB revives football, says conference won't keep Blazers otherwise
and the ongoing saga continues here on csnbbs:
Thread: Breaking News - UAB Football, Bowling, and Rifle
(This post was last modified: 05-29-2015 04:18 PM by GoodOwl.)
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GoodOwl
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RE: The Value of Football
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RE: The Value of Football
Our situation is different than UAB in that we have more sunk in facilities (Legion Field was run down), longer tradition and we are not part of a university system that wants to keep up down (Birmingham subordinate to Tuscaloosa.
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Most of us here already know and believe this, but nice to hear from outside as well. If UAB drops football, marginally bad for teams like Rice. OTOH if they re-instate, it helps to further reaffirm the recent commitments by Leebron, Tudor, JK etc... that bringing Rice back to where it was (P5 level) is the right thing to do for the school, and to put the school's money behind.
the quote:
Quote:"The value of athletics through a university transcends the financial investment, and certainly the value of football to a university transcends the financial investment." --Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky made that clear in an interview with AL.com.
the story to date:
CUSA commissioner hopes UAB revives football, says conference won't keep Blazers otherwise
and the ongoing saga continues here on csnbbs:
Thread: Breaking News - UAB Football, Bowling, and Rifle
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