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Watts let us down

Great article but people keep missing the point that football wasn't solvent. It was solvent and sure it needed subsidies, which are commonly used but it wasn't an insurmountable drain either.

It’s all about investing in your kids. Investing in your community. And to be honest, it’s all about forging an alliance with individuals that would like nothing more than to see football exist on a grand platform for the school and the local citizenry. After all, a thriving football program builds up the economic climate of local regions.

However, Watts didn’t have the vision. Instead, he was blinded by the almighty dollar and caved in at the first sign of financial distress. Apparently, he didn’t believe the kids or those within the Birmingham area were worth fighting for.

That in and of itself is the sad reality of this week’s news. And for that, everyone who worked to tear down UAB football should be ashamed.

Despicable!

(12-04-2014 08:22 AM)STLouis Blazer Wrote:  Great article but people keep missing the point that football wasn't solvent. It was solvent and sure it needed subsidies, which are commonly used but it wasn't an insurmountable drain either.

Solvent or not, I think he makes the point (with real examples) that others at similar crossroads developed plans to get keep the program alive and, indeed, become successful. There was no reason this could not have been done at UAB even if Watts' faulty version of finances was correct. Of course, you'd have to want to do that, first...

And he never wanted to. He wamted football gone, and he executed it.

Everything else was window dressing.

For that little slimeball to walk into that team's locker room after the sacrifices they made for this University to be told they were "not ecomically viable" is a supreme (bleeping) insult!

Great article.. GREAT!

(12-04-2014 09:54 AM)Matrix Wrote:  For that little slimeball to walk into that team's locker room after the sacrifices they made for this University to be told they were "not ecomically viable" is a supreme (bleeping) insult!

Remember...No on in the room cared more about UAB than Watts(pos)!