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Exclamation YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
With 91% of precincts reporting, it's 69% YES to 31% NO.
HELLO BJCC STADIUM!

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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
But will we still have a football team by the time it is built when Paul Bryant Jr. gets reappointed to the BOT?
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
Although the new venue may delay or permanently kill any chances of building a more competitive convention facility, UAB does need a new / modern stadium for its football program. Will it be large enough to sustain and support the Classic and B'ham Bowl? That will be decided in the future by those who make make such decisions. Legion Field will be awfully expensive to maintain for only two or three games per year.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
(11-09-2016 01:08 AM)demiveeman Wrote:  But will we still have a football team by the time it is built when Paul Bryant Jr. gets reappointed to the BOT?

My hope is that all the media attention/public awareness that's been shed on the BOT over the last two years will make such a bold, public power grab untenable.

But amendment 14 passing is huge for UAB and the Birmingham region.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
I'm very happy that 14 passed. I'm very pissed that 13 passed. It will be very interesting to see what happens with the BOT in the next year. Will someone "volunteer" their way off to open a space for PBJ? If such a thing happens, we need to raise hell like it has never been raised before.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
As long as we have the foundation and money, the BOT is obsolete
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
(11-09-2016 09:12 AM)4thDownBlazer Wrote:  As long as we have the foundation and money, the BOT is obsolete

There are always ways to get things done...or not done..
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
He's only getting older and health will become a factor in his leadership activity. I sincerely doubt he will attempt a return to the board. There are safeguards now in place for athletics at UAB as far as funding is concerned. The new stadium, new football facility, activity fee vote, and Athletic Foundation all fortify our position.

Be vigilant, but continue to remember our victories.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
(11-09-2016 01:08 AM)demiveeman Wrote:  But will we still have a football team by the time it is built when Paul Bryant Jr. gets reappointed to the BOT?

Add in that Joe Espy gets to stay on as well. A UA BoT with Bryant and Espy is a very different one from one without them.

If someone suddenly resigns so that Bryant can get back on it the political maneuver will be transparent - but he really does not care what people say as long as he gets what he wants.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
& heaven forbid if either or both have a stroke.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
The new UAB supporters speak the only language the system BOT understands -- fluent MONEY. Things have changed for our program since its resurrection, and the BOT knows it.

Frank Bromberg resigned from the BOT expressly so that Bryant Jr could be appointed. We shall see if another "lamb" is willing to be "sacrificed".
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(11-09-2016 10:27 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  & heaven forbid if either or both have a stroke.

Maybe they delved in the black arts. One could hope that the infamous Faustian Bargain they struck with Mephistopheles is imminent and it’s time to pay the devil his due.
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Why would Bryant need to return to the board when he already controls it?
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He doesn't need to return; he wants to return and be seen doing it. He want to shove his power in our faces. He wants to be reappointed in order to try and intimidate us and keep his buddies in place. The BOT still needs some sort of legal limits or oversight placed upon it.
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I assume the three term limit would still apply. How many years would PBJ have left. Did he get on the board in 2000? So would he only have two or three years left? I don't mean to minimize his potential return. I don't want him on the board for 2 minutes.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
(11-09-2016 09:55 PM)blazer-J Wrote:  I assume the three term limit would still apply. How many years would PBJ have left. Did he get on the board in 2000? So would he only have two or three years left? I don't mean to minimize his potential return. I don't want him on the board for 2 minutes.

I think he got on in 2000 or 2001.
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I thought the only limitation was the 70 year age limit. Are the BOT members term limited?
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Three 6 year terms I believe.
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RE: YES VOTE WINS AMENDMENT 14!!! WE'RE GETTING A STADIUM!!!
(11-10-2016 12:37 PM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Three 6 year terms I believe.

Does that leave open the alternative plan of getting his wife appointed like George did with Lurleen in 1966?
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Design to begin in 2017 form what I heard today.
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