That's absolutely disgraceful.
They have an existing ON-CAMPUS baseball stadium that is plenty adequate enough. UAB has an ancient OFF-CAMPUS football stadium that has served its purpose. I would love to see someone with the resources and time look at the revenue potential of Alabama baseball compared to UAB football.
UAB needs to continue to review our OCS design and find ways to cut costs, but with foresight that will allow upgrades to be done to bring it up to the caliber we ultimately desire.
I'm of the opinion that timing was everything when the BOT shot the stadium down. UAB may have moved to the AAC had that stadium been started when it was supposed to be on the agenda. Everybody knew that realignment was going to happen, and happen soon. That would have made UAB a direct threat to some of the lower rated recruits that Alabama is loaded with. I think we'll get the stadium eventually, but too little, too late.
We haven't had a thread like this in ages. One where everyone expresses outrage at something Alabama or the BOT is doing and how they are screwing UAB over.
I used to love those.
Dude, you read Bama on line?
(10-03-2013 06:13 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]Dude, you read Bama on line?
Also must NOT ever READ blazer talk because this was discussed THREE WEEKS ago when it was actually something new
Hey, how about a helmet discussion?
I noticed that no one in the comments section mentioned that Coach Bryant once proposed abolishing the school's baseball program to save money for football.
(10-03-2013 09:23 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: [ -> ]I noticed that no one in the comments section mentioned that Coach Bryant once proposed abolishing the school's baseball program to save money for football.
Why would someone do that?
(10-03-2013 09:23 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote: [ -> ]I noticed that no one in the comments section mentioned that Coach Bryant once proposed abolishing the school's baseball program to save money for football.
I think you are stretching it a little far-- I think it was when Title 9 was coming to Universities. At the time he said something like having to give up baseball in order to comply with Title 9. Of course that was before softball and gymnastics.
who cares?
Jesus, is this BlazerTalk or a message board on The Tuscaloosa News website?
In case anyone hasn't noticed, it says funding will include "term debt and/or future revenue bonds".
My question is how can they shoot UABs On Campus Stadium Football Stadium down and turn around and "approve and finance one for them and disapprove and not finance one for "UAB"?
Since shooting down UABs proposal, the Board of Trustees has approved hundreds of million dollars for Alabamas proposals related to their athletic program.
The BOT is obviously looking out for number one...the athletic program that they are most interested in, and ignoring the one up the road sixty miles.
We already know all of this.
(10-04-2013 07:00 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote: [ -> ]In case anyone hasn't noticed, it says funding will include "term debt and/or future revenue bonds".
My question is how can they shoot UABs On Campus Stadium Football Stadium down and turn around and "approve and finance one for them and disapprove and not finance one for "UAB"?
Since shooting down UABs proposal, the Board of Trustees has approved hundreds of million dollars for Alabamas proposals related to their athletic program.
The BOT is obviously looking out for number one...the athletic program that they are most interested in, and ignoring the one up the road sixty miles.
This is like the fourth thread discussing the UA baseball project.
Hypocrisy runs supreme at the UA BOT.
We are fully aware of this. It's frustrating to me the media doesn't expose these roaches for their lack of ethics.
Journalists usually love a good corruption case. It's been surprising to me that the media hasn't taken more of an interest in the whole UAB-UAT situation... At least for more than a day or two.
You don't have to be conspiracy-minded to know something isn't quite right with the BOT treatment of UAB. Whether legal or ethical, there is clearly a big story to be uncovered there.
When you grease their palms, they look the other way.
(10-04-2013 09:23 AM)Blazer85 Wrote: [ -> ]Journalists usually love a good corruption case. It's been surprising to me that the media hasn't taken more of an interest in the whole UAB-UAT situation... At least for more than a day or two.
You don't have to be conspiracy-minded to know something isn't quite right with the BOT treatment of UAB. Whether legal or ethical, there is clearly a big story to be uncovered there.
This would be great cause for the Kaleidoscope to take up. The changes that need to take place at UAB will occur when the students take ownership of the campus.
(10-04-2013 09:23 AM)Blazer85 Wrote: [ -> ]Journalists usually love a good corruption case. It's been surprising to me that the media hasn't taken more of an interest in the whole UAB-UAT situation... At least for more than a day or two.
You don't have to be conspiracy-minded to know something isn't quite right with the BOT treatment of UAB. Whether legal or ethical, there is clearly a big story to be uncovered there.
Sounds like a good way to wind up in the trunk of a car at the bottom of Smith Lake.