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(11-09-2014 02:48 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 02:33 AM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  

(11-09-2014 02:22 AM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  So why even worry about something that hasn't happen yet?

All I am telling you and many others here is that not having a football program isn't going to stop me from supporting a program that started it all for UAB Athletics, good or bad or regardless where it ends up at.

If your car starts running rough and making funny noises, you can fix it or run it till it quits. Of course, it might not quit, why worry about something that hasn't happened yet?

Maybe because the cost of neglect is more than you want to pay?

I understand that you are reacting to the people who say that losing football means that they will walk away from the program and take their donations with them. They are saying that to try to express in the baldest possible way their anger at how UAB is being treated by those entrusted with growing it. Money talks. Administrators understand money and power, and the two are interlinked.

Many of us would remain UAB fans out of love for the school and what it stands for. Others of us would be so embittered that they would not be able to stomach continuing a fandom that is so disregarded, held so cheaply, by those at the top of UAB and UA.

UAB fans are a diverse group of people, so yes, some will simply agree to disagree. I hope that this situation is resolved and the program goes forward, strengthened by UAB fans uniting to defend the program. My hopes are tempered by having seen the actions of the BoT in the past and my fear that they will actually be able to complete what they have attempted before.

I understand that. And I also know that people say things when they are upset. That's fine. There are people they support UAB Athletics only because we have a football program. But it sickens me when I read that some how, some way, basketball is going to irrelevant without football. If UAB Basketball survived 20+ plus years before the arrival of football, it will survive if football is not part of UAB anymore.

That's all I'm saying.

You know what's scary. People said UAB football would be around long after PBJ was gone. So think about that, basketball isnt immune either. I hate it's becoming an either or thing.