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How a group of Birmingham businessmen saved UAB football

 

Craft O'Neal knew time was running out to resuscitate UAB football.

 

The chairman and chief executive officer of O'Neal Industries followed the story through the news for months and saw how it was affecting both the university and the city he loved.

 

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Dr. Watts agreed to a meeting on the Tuesday after Memorial Day, and O'Neal gathered the who's who of Birmingham businessmen. There was RoyalCup Coffee chief executive officer emeritus Hatton Smith; McWane chairman Phillip McWane; Brasfield & Gorrie chief executive officer Jim Gorrie; Harbert Management chief executive officer Raymond Harbert and Children's of Alabama chief executive officer Mike Warren, among others.

 

"We had 40 percent of Birmingham's largest privately-held companies in that room," said Hatton Smith, who was recently selected to chair a fundraising task force.

 

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The men assembled didn't blink at the numbers thrown out. Instead, they decided by the end of the night to guarantee to cover the deficit and make a $4 million donation. They met again with Dr. Watts on Wednesday to make it official.

 

The reason was simple for O'Neal.

 

"UAB is the economic engine for Birmingham, and for the state to a large degree. What's good for UAB is good for Birmingham," O'Neal said. "We recognized the whole football issue was becoming a real negative for Birmingham and UAB. We see the potential in football at UAB with the proper facilities, so we were willing to step up, get involved and help with that."

 

The money and the message from the Birmingham businessmen seemingly swayed Watts' decision. He officially announced on Monday the reinstatement of football, bowling and rifle, crediting unprecedented support of $17.2 million for operational costs.

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smazza
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utter nonsense at this point   stay off the internet

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UAB should never bring back CFB

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they will drop football again in 3 years   what a wase of money     WHAT A NON STORY

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UAB athletics will not reach its potential until it separates itself from the UAT board of trustees and sets itself up similar to the way Florida state schools are.  They will not do anything that would give UAB an upper-hand over UAT.

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Lawsuit?

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they will drop football again in 3 years

 

what a wase of money

 

 

WHAT A NON STORY

Once again, this guy proves to be clueless as to what the story really is.  The real story is about a vindictive  old man whose father was a legend in the state. He was so upset that the former head of UAB athletics had the audacity to tell the truth that the legend did things which some may consider cheating.  So he set out with his friend Finis to see that UAB athletics was destroyed before it could ever amount to anything.  Guys, please use other news sources to find the real story and not ESECPN.

 

 

 

it is  a non story

 

 

no one in alabama cares about uab athletics

 

why would anyone on a usf board care?

 

You once again have no idea what you are talking about.  Go back and watch esecpn and live in  your ignorant world of pop culture.

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Anyone with an open and inquisitive mind (obvious not our resident cretin), see what Tim Brando had to say about it.  

 

http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/uab-blazers-reinstate-program-alabama-crimson-tide-paul-bryant-jr-audible-podcast-060315

 

Tim Brando was one of the few with the balls to talk about this story of big money trying to punish those who dared challenge their rule.

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Or denied a chance to build a nice place to play instead of being stuck in a dump?  http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/11/ua_board_of_trustees_stop_uab.html

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Kind of hard to build a following when everything you do is thwarted.  If no one cared, why the hell does Paul Bryant Jr and Finis St. John care?

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Kind of hard to build a following when everything you do is thwarted.  If no one cared, why the hell does Paul Bryant Jr and Finis St. John care?

 

 

utter nonsense at this point

 

stay off the internet

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What a reactionary

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