UAB Players Reaction To The Decision to Cut Football-THE ORIGINAL VERSION

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ธ.ค. 2014
  • This video is the REAL authentic version taken by Tamar Mickens, shows the grim day of UAB president Ray Watts shutting the UAB Football Team after becoming bowl eligible for the first time in 10years. Notable speakers are Ty Long, Bobby Baker and Tristan Henderson.

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  • @joshdenson2112
    @joshdenson2112 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17684

    And now they are bowl eligible in their first year back and sold out the entire stadium first game back. Someone make a movie

    • @ronanperry9176
      @ronanperry9176 6 ปีที่แล้ว +401

      This gotta be a movie for real

    • @143caoa
      @143caoa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      They didn’t sell out. And they barely fill out half the stadium now.

    • @charlesisrael3988
      @charlesisrael3988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Josh Denson lmao 😂 so damn true

    • @MyName_Jeff
      @MyName_Jeff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Carlos Oliveros lol

    • @eon_raps
      @eon_raps 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They win the bowl they’ll get one

  • @alexdklein
    @alexdklein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2064

    Ty Long was the 5th year senior, he is now on the Chargers

    • @imyourdaddy8243
      @imyourdaddy8243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That’s nice to know

    • @capriojosh
      @capriojosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He sucks

    • @jack.20f74
      @jack.20f74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      @@capriojosh Yet he has more heart as a punter than about 70 percent of the NFL. Sit the fuck down.

    • @cadengreat8485
      @cadengreat8485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@capriojosh well someone must consider him good cause he is playing in the NFL

    • @braydenfertitta9772
      @braydenfertitta9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@weeweegordy you don’t even know how sus. 😭😂 didnt yo momma tell you not to talk to strangers ??? I’m a orphan, rule don’t apply 😘

  • @burntthetoast
    @burntthetoast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3840

    The white guy 5th year senior is Ty Long. He's now the starting punter for the Chargers. I'm happy for him, but the other guys who busted their asses. Transfers do not look good when playing sports, and this shit happened in December, most of their season had already passed. I am at a loss for words.

    • @Bolt6604
      @Bolt6604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      @TEDDY IHEARINDUEME Gotta have a team to take you. Sure the star Players on that club could transfer no problem. Some guy struggling as a 3rd stringer, busting his ass for that program. Yeah. His football days ended in that classroom. It's a shame.

    • @loreast2129
      @loreast2129 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice

    • @syperplex3993
      @syperplex3993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Screw the academics

    • @Marco76o
      @Marco76o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chargers suck ass

    • @roryfarrell8569
      @roryfarrell8569 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      “I’m happy for him, but the other guys who busted their ass” I’m sorry, that doesn’t make sense, what are you trying to say here?

  • @Valcreee
    @Valcreee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3788

    Fun fact: passionate white guy is Ty Long and he is the punter for the Los Angeles Chargers.
    Edit: Chargers just resigned him to a new contract too!

    • @BHTube94
      @BHTube94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      That’s beautiful to hear man 🙏🏾

    • @redredmon8833
      @redredmon8833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      He was a great punter in the CFL to

    • @aroTheKidd
      @aroTheKidd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Comment Expert wdym anyone can kick a ball?

    • @surahn3k
      @surahn3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @Comment Expert it’s not just “ kicking a ball “ you dumb ass ,

    • @cjs7603
      @cjs7603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Comment Expert smooth brain alert

  • @pt9373
    @pt9373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5376

    First 30 seconds said everything, "I've been here 5 years and never seen your face once".

    • @mr.bigglesworth1970
      @mr.bigglesworth1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      that was the most real shit said in the whole video. I felt that shit through the phone

    • @Visible-jb2ew
      @Visible-jb2ew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Damn got me writing a essay about this

    • @andrewchapman5659
      @andrewchapman5659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      At least the guy came in and said it to there face

    • @rebelheart4469
      @rebelheart4469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AMEN

    • @coleslift
      @coleslift 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@andrewchapman5659 no please shut the fuck up.

  • @billyk3682
    @billyk3682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3778

    He said “nobody cares about UAB more than I do” smh. What a horrible thing to say in that moment.

    • @isaacmacdonald6530
      @isaacmacdonald6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      True. UAB NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!!!

    • @billyk3682
      @billyk3682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@isaacmacdonald6530 Their football program has been back for a couple years now I believe.

    • @cap10_quack84
      @cap10_quack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      He said that he’s worked harder than almost anyone at UAB and he was talking to football players who probably work harder in a week that he does in a year.

    • @cap10_quack84
      @cap10_quack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sirmag1735 The president dude is who I meant when I said that

    • @Horible4
      @Horible4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@billyk3682 Sorry if this is an annoying question, but do you know if this was a sound decision? Was keeping the team really going to sink the school? Most of the time these programs being shut down really do just sound like money saving decisions rather than necessary ones.

  • @yungsorrow7145
    @yungsorrow7145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1737

    "I'm tired of listening to him let him finish" what a legend

    • @houstonmade1909
      @houstonmade1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Time stamp?

    • @yungsorrow7145
      @yungsorrow7145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@houstonmade1909 2:50

    • @poopmongerer4090
      @poopmongerer4090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      He said, "I'm tired of listening to 'it' (not him)". The "it" he was referring to was the disrespectful interrupting from the players. The coach (who is actually going to lose money and be out of a job because of this) is handling it a lot better than most of these players that aren't getting paid anyways, most likely never were going to go to the NFL anyways, and can easily transfer if they truly are NFL-caliber. The coach (who likely has a family and kids to feed, unlike the players) is in a lot worse of a position and he still handled it like a man.
      Now did the old guy making the announcement do a good job at telling these players that the decision was made to cut football? No, he did a terrible job. It could have gone A LOT smoother if he just stuck to the financial element. Instead of saying, "nobody cares about UAB football more than I do" (which was an incredibly stupid thing to say), he should have just said, "Look, I dont want football to go away either, but it's just not financially sustainable to continue the program. We're losing money and we can't continue to dig ourselves into debt. It has nothing to do with you guys (referring to the players) or your ability to play the game. This is all economics and has nothing to do with you. Im sincerely sorry this is happening to you. Thank you for your years of dedication to UAB football. If you stay, you scholarships will still be honored. If you decide to transfer, I completely understand and wish you the best of luck."

    • @topg893
      @topg893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How is he a legend? It's all about money for the guys in suits!! They come in there feeding them bullshit..... and you're concerned about him finishing his sentence? You're so ignorant.... shut the fuck up

    • @houstonmade1909
      @houstonmade1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@topg893 who hurt u?

  • @trendmonkey403
    @trendmonkey403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1715

    the player who served in iraq and has a 3 year old son had a great speech

    • @IppPhelpy
      @IppPhelpy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      He was the strength and conditioning coach not a player

    • @DroGodina
      @DroGodina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@IppPhelpy An honest speech, nonetheless. $$

    • @roma5869
      @roma5869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Made me tear up

    • @ergerg2
      @ergerg2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah but he used performance enhancing backstory.

    • @iscokc1259
      @iscokc1259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@roma5869 same

  • @samibasheer4674
    @samibasheer4674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3500

    Wow no acting in a movie could ever portray this emotion

    • @BigShaneGillis
      @BigShaneGillis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This isn’t a tragedy. This a circumstance and shows a lot of character. The white kid whining and weeping cause he thinks the world owes him something, once the black kids heard their scholarships were here to stay they were reasonable. It’s club football it’s not the death of a family member

    • @Phori859
      @Phori859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@BigShaneGillis Shane shut your weird ass up

    • @BigShaneGillis
      @BigShaneGillis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Phori859 hahaha that one hit a nerve huh? Grow up baby

    • @ianmacdonald9826
      @ianmacdonald9826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@BigShaneGillis clearly someone was beat as a child and doesn’t understand family values.

    • @BigShaneGillis
      @BigShaneGillis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @MNI Andes wah wah wah. Lifes not fair. Doesn’t matter what tragedies you experience because your future is defined by how you respond to them. "You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.”

  • @michaelduterte6239
    @michaelduterte6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5077

    This is like if Scott’s tots was a real thing

  • @Rootword7
    @Rootword7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1828

    In the background: “We wanna know... who’s gettin’ paid off?”
    That dude knows.

    • @aguyfromnothere
      @aguyfromnothere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He knows nothing about how the world works.

    • @Rootword7
      @Rootword7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      @@aguyfromnothere
      He knows that colleges see students as commodities... you fuckin donkey.

    • @notbeingcensored9039
      @notbeingcensored9039 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@aguyfromnothere You always this dumb?

    • @dustrr
      @dustrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@notbeingcensored9039 lmao what do you know about how the world works? quit being negative and go get some pussy or something damn....

    • @TalmboutJonAfrica
      @TalmboutJonAfrica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@notbeingcensored9039 while he may know how football programs work I guarantee you a lot of these dudes are incredibly naive about the real world.

  • @puttyfishman
    @puttyfishman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +645

    That is exactly how i imagined a person crushing a bunch of teenage and early 20s young mens dreams would look.

  • @donniedial3014
    @donniedial3014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5683

    Let's be honest. We never looked for this. We were all recommended this and now we're sad

    • @aquaferz1980
      @aquaferz1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wtf lmao i just got recommended this rn😂

    • @Jimmy-fp4qq
      @Jimmy-fp4qq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YT reco hella crazy old yet meaningful vids lately...tf is yt tryna tell us?

    • @MrLp1980
      @MrLp1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I never knew this happened. I never knew Uab even dropped its football program 🤦🏾‍♂️. I really do feel bad.

    • @alonzobarnes302
      @alonzobarnes302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right

    • @Sensei_J
      @Sensei_J 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @tylerforte5826
    @tylerforte5826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3687

    you know it’s over when the coaches are just sitting there not even saying anything 🥺

    • @JustGotSomeIdeas
      @JustGotSomeIdeas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      If you d line coach has given up. So have I

    • @sp4rten848
      @sp4rten848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ain’t tryin to lose their job

    • @Evan-ed7pu
      @Evan-ed7pu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      @@sp4rten848 they closed the football program lmao so they losing their job regardless bro

    • @tylersmith8478
      @tylersmith8478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Unless one of the coaches is also a teacher but yeah that was a silly comment lol

    • @RFXJagen.
      @RFXJagen. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they’ve probably already done what they could

  • @JSalonsky
    @JSalonsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2054

    Dude in the green jacket already transferring LOL

    • @kingl5523
      @kingl5523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      That boy hitting up them recruiting coaches 🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheoryofUltran
      @TheoryofUltran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which one? There were two guys with green jackets

    • @tristandavon381
      @tristandavon381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheoryofUltran lmao sign out please

    • @yungtd103
      @yungtd103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dawg been texting the assistant coach

    • @JSalonsky
      @JSalonsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jacob Sirak he will remember the comradery and fun times

  • @llamaman431
    @llamaman431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    The old man can't relate because he has no emotions left

    • @jaxonmullins2875
      @jaxonmullins2875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @usa5439
      @usa5439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Big ups liquid richard

    • @llamaman431
      @llamaman431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @suka lamink oh mahhh Lord

    • @DankIord
      @DankIord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big ups to Samuel Richard McGravy Chillistein the V6th

    • @NotANameist
      @NotANameist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Someone got to make tough decisions, world ain’t unicorns and rainbows

  • @topshotta922
    @topshotta922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6233

    Y’all know Ty Long? Well he’s the starting punter for the Chargers and he’s also the white dude that was talking at the beginning. Glad to see his success!

    • @ThemisticShadow
      @ThemisticShadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +287

      Im so happy for him, you can tell from this video the love he has for the game.

    • @RealAmericanStudios
      @RealAmericanStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      He’s a true leader!

    • @dustinhuck685
      @dustinhuck685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Success is a strong wrong since he’s a charger lol
      But at least he’s in the NFL

    • @drivenrc
      @drivenrc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      @@dustinhuck685 bro, he is a freaking punter. Relax! Judging that man as if he played qb. Honestly everyone wants to win the big game. But if you in the league as a punter then you do your job and your successful either way.

    • @204angling3
      @204angling3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@dustinhuck685 He actually had an amazing stint up north in the CFL prior to joining the chargers, he is an amazing punter

  • @BigNort73
    @BigNort73 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5612

    As a football player this pisses me off. The school official looked like he doesn't even care.

    • @selrandolph
      @selrandolph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      TheCnorton19 e doesn’t give a single fuck about them

    • @samu4608
      @samu4608 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      But they are still a team now so who cares

    • @selrandolph
      @selrandolph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Tux it’s fucked up that this ever happened, that’s like saying the WW2 is over so who cares

    • @CarsonJacobs13
      @CarsonJacobs13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and they went 6-6 but they didnt play the bowl game but they are back this year and are 7-4 so far

    • @samxyx
      @samxyx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Gotta be heartless to do something like this. At the end of the day it's a buisness

  • @Chief_Amiesh
    @Chief_Amiesh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    At first, I understood how messed up this was for the guys, but later on as the guys got more detailed with their emotions it made me realize how complex this really is. It's truly fascinating to watch this unfold because it's so damn civil. I couldn't help but notice the guy trying to cancel the program kept saying things like "I have the same passion as you," or "I care as much about UAB as you do" which did nothing but cause uproar. Never tell emotionally charged people that you understand them because even if you did (which likely is not the case), they aren't going to buy it. So sad, so civil, so interesting.

    • @Sm31LyxTr33s
      @Sm31LyxTr33s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If he had the same passion, he would have been able to sympathize way easier. Dude is a fraud and will always put $ before humanity.

  • @danram0617
    @danram0617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    As an athlete this video really wakes you up. Sometimes I hate my sport but deep down we all love it.

    • @Storm27ification
      @Storm27ification ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts. As a athlete myself, we all love it

  • @rodb115
    @rodb115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2917

    When the dude mentioned the teammates having surgeries, so that they could still play... that hurt. Correction, when the guy in the black shirt mentioned his son, and his teammates came around to support him... that hurt more.

    • @j.a.c.3264
      @j.a.c.3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Shit man... that has pulling my heart strings, I starting tearing up a little bit. But they got there program back, and there playing hard ass football

    • @cap10_quack84
      @cap10_quack84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The movie would be more like a documentary really

    • @j.a.c.3264
      @j.a.c.3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cap10_quack84 It’s giving me Hard Knocks vibes

    • @thechosengray
      @thechosengray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      7:25

    • @rodb115
      @rodb115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thechosengray yep, that's when you truly see the unity and family bond.

  • @coltonbries2342
    @coltonbries2342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4742

    When the 27 year old told his story about his son I shed 2 tears. I haven't cried in years

    • @donnaadams1765
      @donnaadams1765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      I cried reading the Holy Bible the other day, the world is satanic, a matrix is real, prophecy unfolding

    • @cheblehblehbleh
      @cheblehblehbleh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@donnaadams1765 Bible ain't real grandma

    • @treenugs117
      @treenugs117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@cheblehblehbleh explain why everything in a bible is what is happening now and has been happening for centuries?

    • @cheblehblehbleh
      @cheblehblehbleh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@treenugs117 you kinda said it yourself, all that shit in the book has been happening since man could walk.

    • @josiaharenazas3120
      @josiaharenazas3120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bro it’s fax

  • @sneakgamecrazy
    @sneakgamecrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    the last older guy with the kid fighting for the young guys and everybody made me bawl. i haven’t done that in a while holy shit. he said exactly what needed to be said. i hope he’s doing amazing rn

    • @anonymousshovel
      @anonymousshovel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fr does anyone have an update on him?

    • @pj4999
      @pj4999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anonymousshovel no, but the white guy who spoke a lot is a punter on the chargers

    • @natnaelberhanu-i8w
      @natnaelberhanu-i8w 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah he's currently the TE coach at the same school

    • @sneakgamecrazy
      @sneakgamecrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @False Flag yeah idk what to say watching this again. just to ruin a whole class of kids just tryna do their thing. i hope they’re all doing amazing still. for some suit to sound like a straight up dumbass and just try to ruin those kids life. fuck him

    • @sneakgamecrazy
      @sneakgamecrazy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolute dumbass. i hope most got in somewhere else but ik they probably didn’t cause he fucked them all over. not an easy thing to do at all and he doesn’t care in the slightest

  • @tima.478
    @tima.478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    When a player is talking to a suit, don't waste your time, it's already been decided at that point! Just clean out your locker and don't look back.

    • @Willybush
      @Willybush 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      at least they got to speak their minds

    • @captainkerrfluffle8259
      @captainkerrfluffle8259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@Willybush exactly if it's already a wrap may as well get everything off your chest, get catharsis if nothing else

    • @statdemon2842
      @statdemon2842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Willybush these types of people hear those speeches hundreds of times over. cooperations don’t give a fuck about its workers. i’m sad for them 😔

    • @FollowNdFeel
      @FollowNdFeel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      truth and it's fucking sad....

    • @thaterasound
      @thaterasound 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nobody listen to Tim. Because of this outcry and somebody recording it- the public scrutiny was to severe and it was shortly reinstated. The biggest thing we have against suits is public scrutiny which is both good and bad because it can be hijacked by snowflakes (people left or right). But in this instance it worked for the better

  • @ryangust757
    @ryangust757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4843

    “You have a couple of years at this program, I have 42”
    “Fuck 42”
    I’m dead 💀

    • @jrose7762
      @jrose7762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +241

      bro that shit got me dead fuck 42 years of ya life basically dude funny ash

    • @ALKOne-qf8kb
      @ALKOne-qf8kb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Timestamp

    • @etempt8218
      @etempt8218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@ALKOne-qf8kb 9:30

    • @ALKOne-qf8kb
      @ALKOne-qf8kb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@etempt8218 thanks

    • @ALKOne-qf8kb
      @ALKOne-qf8kb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@etempt8218 thanks

  • @TherealDarthSlayden
    @TherealDarthSlayden 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3704

    "you dont know what you dont know" that sounds like something out of wwe when a heel turns on the crowd.

    • @itztm7232
      @itztm7232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I thought Seth Rollins was gonna hit soemone in the back with a chair

    • @drewwinchester4221
      @drewwinchester4221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmfao

    • @Jackson-mi3dr
      @Jackson-mi3dr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      “ You’re making the worst decision of your life “

    • @joshjarman8685
      @joshjarman8685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Montreal screw job? Lmao

    • @repost_6337
      @repost_6337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

  • @liantenna585
    @liantenna585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    Six years later and they've won their second conference championship

  • @smove_lykes
    @smove_lykes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    The players calling Cap on everything he’s saying.

  • @twilso9
    @twilso9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1564

    The turnaround this program has had has been absolutely incredible and inspiring. Worthy of a movie.

    • @desmondwatkins2949
      @desmondwatkins2949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Is there a thing I can read or watch about this

    • @adamcommercial3133
      @adamcommercial3133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stolen comment

    • @devantepouges9860
      @devantepouges9860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Became a fan before this happened, fell in love with the team even more knowing what they have accomplished

    • @cheebee9684
      @cheebee9684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      roll tide?

    • @jasonsanders6930
      @jasonsanders6930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man didn’t let the bitterness control his future destiny

  • @2899928999
    @2899928999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5312

    this is one of the hardest things I ever watched

    • @ihatezen
      @ihatezen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      KyliesandTygas Baby ruthless

    • @stlcardinals251
      @stlcardinals251 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Destroyed a brotherhood

    • @deeznutz5323
      @deeznutz5323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Manny Garza lol bully

    • @EddLiam
      @EddLiam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Batman dj Akademiks little brother

    • @yogibear8676
      @yogibear8676 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zen Master try hard

  • @dylanyewchyn6851
    @dylanyewchyn6851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    That dude sittin in the chair on his phone like “we going to a different school” 😂

  • @fbiagent2848
    @fbiagent2848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Alright socarates, let your teammates talk

    • @Shinnyy
      @Shinnyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      did you hear the administrator say that at the beginning? i think the teammate may have just been confused about wtf that means you know?

    • @JunkBondTrader
      @JunkBondTrader 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@Shinnyy nah he knew. He was using the guys own words against him, to say "it goes both ways", like "you don't know the passion, how seriously we take this, what it means to us", etc. While the CEO dude probably mean "you don't know the budget constraints, or the financial situation"

    • @Shinnyy
      @Shinnyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JunkBondTrader ahh okay understandable

    • @davidlabranche4266
      @davidlabranche4266 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @h3llboyyy407
      @h3llboyyy407 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmfao

  • @circeh9499
    @circeh9499 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2190

    My father is the man that founded the UAB football program in 1989, Jim Hilyer. We were destroyed by this announcement. He was in tears. He put his blood, money, sweat, and tears into building that program up from nothing, just to see Ray Watts, a pig of a human being, eliminate the football program after a bowl-eligible season
    edit: It's amazing to see this video and this comment getting so much attention after all these years. My dad is 85 now, retired from coaching completely, but he still loves and would die for this team and so would I. Blaze on, Forever!

    • @neverbackdown1918
      @neverbackdown1918 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Chase Hilyer I’m glad the team is back and now 8-4!!!

    • @tigerwareagle1485
      @tigerwareagle1485 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I hope this team never goes away again. I’m an Auburn fan and I would hope UAB and Auburn play every year to help pay the program instead of the inbred spoiled rich kids at UAT.

    • @weagle2323
      @weagle2323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tigerwareagle1485 War Eagle

    • @Graphics_Card
      @Graphics_Card 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chase Hilyer wow that’s good to know

    • @33alltheway14
      @33alltheway14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@neverbackdown1918 they suckin ass this year

  • @namnguyen844
    @namnguyen844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1270

    Hardest thing for an athlete, is telling them they can’t play

    • @Dylan_The_Car_Dealer
      @Dylan_The_Car_Dealer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Speaking so much truth

    • @monkas7270
      @monkas7270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      these guys are some crybabies lol especially the fifth year senior at the start 😂😂 does that baby need his diaper changed? lmaooo

    • @devintrill9513
      @devintrill9513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@monkas7270 lmao u try being in his position.

    • @uPSIDEdOWN577
      @uPSIDEdOWN577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@monkas7270 he probably more hurt than any of them. He knows he’s not going pro. That was it for him. He probably played his last down

    • @ryzerch2124
      @ryzerch2124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@uPSIDEdOWN577 his name is Ty young and hes a punter in the NFL so he actually did go pro

  • @chanbirdy
    @chanbirdy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    it was my senior year at college when covid hit and they cancelled our season. it’s real pain these players felt, respect to all of them for expressing themselves

  • @610vatorspeed7
    @610vatorspeed7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    They were terminated in 2014 and shortly reinstated in 2017 and won a conference championship and a bowl in 2018 these guys have heart way to go!!!

  • @shariffwashington1107
    @shariffwashington1107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1196

    He did this like a straight politician. When he said nobody cares more about UAB then him he had to leave cause he was about to get smashed!!

    • @stevvejobss
      @stevvejobss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Exactly

    • @michaelb6349
      @michaelb6349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He said he cares about UAB, not UAB football

    • @BigMuggs21
      @BigMuggs21 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phone at to god he’s retarded 😂 shoulda just emailed them or sum. Everyone in their is big, fast, strong, tall etc. and you’re gonna tell these athletes than

    • @ONCICOLA
      @ONCICOLA ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelb6349 exactly, cause he don’t care about the program cause he’s a piece of crap.

  • @josephhansonito4822
    @josephhansonito4822 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4329

    This is why college football is the best sport. Relationships. Brotherhood. Family. Hate to see this happen.

    • @austin1470
      @austin1470 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So true! What makes college football amazing as well is that the UAB community rallied together and got this team back and it's looking like UAB could go to a bowl game after being shutdown just three years ago. What a turnaround and that's why college football is so special

    • @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904
      @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joseph Hansonito those happen in the nfl

    • @sgtplaya7
      @sgtplaya7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      college and pro are both looked as a business by the owners thats why alot of time high school is where its at its not about the money where someone is going to get traded or cut or the athletes just exploited for money in college

    • @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904
      @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Football is just a sport that is naturally about teamwork. It forms families, at whatever skill level.

    • @kadengubbels9230
      @kadengubbels9230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joseph Hansonito and baseball also you create that special bond

  • @Youtube-handles-are-stupid
    @Youtube-handles-are-stupid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    This shit looks like a movie bro. But i'm glad they brought this program back.

  • @zoyxing
    @zoyxing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Guy: F*ck 42!
    The guy that wears 42: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @johnbreslin5153
    @johnbreslin5153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5618

    white dude who did most of the talking is a leader

    • @americancow9055
      @americancow9055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +898

      he’s actually in the nfl now on the chargers

    • @nicholascastle1018
      @nicholascastle1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      Heck yeah he is. I’m glad to hear that he has a career in the nfl noe

    • @Yessumm
      @Yessumm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@americancow9055 what’s his name?

    • @shrekproductions3256
      @shrekproductions3256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      @@Yessumm ty long he’s are punter

    • @johnbreslin5153
      @johnbreslin5153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +226

      @Jose relax big guy

  • @theoffseason1682
    @theoffseason1682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    When he said “Nobody cares more about Uab than I do” nigga I lost my shit 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @King_Karnage
      @King_Karnage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Shoulda said "Nobody cares more about the money the UAB FB Program brings more than me"

    • @natnaelberhanu-i8w
      @natnaelberhanu-i8w 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And then he said I been to every home game

  • @johngiles8399
    @johngiles8399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    I didn’t know John McCain could cancel football

  • @ppunkmonkk
    @ppunkmonkk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    covid messed up my whole senior year of football. i felt this.

    • @cesarsantana7563
      @cesarsantana7563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      :(

    • @tkthrowback2345
      @tkthrowback2345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Sorry bro, I was homeless for my senior year in 2012. I was a starter and had to get a job as a dish washer just so I could eat. I missed a couple games and just decided I couldn’t play anymore. Shit happens but I promise you’ll get another shot if you go the college route.

    • @cincoboy3964
      @cincoboy3964 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m really sorry to hear that.

    • @livelyupmyself1
      @livelyupmyself1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      America messed up COVID.

    • @therotaryguy1863
      @therotaryguy1863 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’ve been blessed to have a my football senior year but it was only 6 games since some schools opted out to play in the spring but idc I’m beyond blessed to have a senior season

  • @koppey87
    @koppey87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2647

    Y’all realize this is how politicians are too they don’t gaf about anyone but themselves

    • @breadophile
      @breadophile 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      yup the money they can make for themselves by exploiting the actual talented hardworkers. it's fucked up how this world is run.

    • @wearefucked7244
      @wearefucked7244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Left and right are both fucked up and have their fucked up agendas to kill us all and enslave us through the illusion of freedom. “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to see it” - George Carlin.

    • @AkimboJV
      @AkimboJV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yup. The problem with politics is that money is involved. money always comes first and these politicians never have to feel the negative impacts their decisions make. But we do. We’re the ones who have to adjust to their tug of war bullshit. Not them. Their bank accounts will always be full no matter what because they always do what will generate the most money. And money attracts corruption and don’t get me started on that lol.

    • @Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr
      @Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      9:57 Trump uses this line every speech 😂

    • @theoutkasts8720
      @theoutkasts8720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s true, money runs the world
      The people get shitted on EVERY RACE we’re all humans with feelings and need to work together
      I watch football(European) but this hurts man
      These teams are a brotherhood

  • @MemphisRecordingService
    @MemphisRecordingService 8 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    This shit is sad as fuck.... I respect everyone in that room (except for the owner)

    • @alexander.inzunza
      @alexander.inzunza 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Apparently the director is closing the football program.

    • @ericfisher2819
      @ericfisher2819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      owner ? lmao

    • @ericfisher2819
      @ericfisher2819 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      you mean the AD bruh

    • @barrettmask708
      @barrettmask708 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least they brought it back and now they are 6-3 I highly respect them

    • @HogRidaaa
      @HogRidaaa 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Suh Dude the owner?

  • @conferencecommandos8576
    @conferencecommandos8576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    That dude had to head out because he was about to get absolutely BLASTED

  • @tylermorro6663
    @tylermorro6663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is coming from a North Texas (a fellow C-USA member school) student, I have nothing but respect for these kids, their passion and dedication to their craft & the reincarnation and subsequent comeback of the Blazers football program. Too bad a few of their wins have come at our expense since the team returned, but we need a 30 for 30 on this program comeback. I'm happy that they've enjoyed as much success as they have since their return to football. These kids really deserved better than this, always breaks my heart watching this video :(

  • @iamnani_9111
    @iamnani_9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1104

    I don’t even play football but this makes me pissed

    • @skydoesgames9437
      @skydoesgames9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@davidcarlos9017 are you stupid? These people solely went to this college to play football. High schools and middle schools play football why would they need to cut football out of their budget. All you need is a shitty field. They can raise money fund raisers etc.

    • @skydoesgames9437
      @skydoesgames9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@davidcarlos9017 you’d be sad if you worked 24/7 in the weight room and doing conditioning every day. Football isn’t just for fun it’s a experience it’s a brotherhood.

    • @skydoesgames9437
      @skydoesgames9437 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidcarlos9017 that’s exactly what I’m saying? It’s a brotherhood I would be mad and sad if I traveled lhundreds of thousands miles to this college because they offered my a scholarship to play football then be informed after years of hard work that the work I put into becoming the best is all cancelled for what so they can afford a new smart board?

    • @e._.phewap3214
      @e._.phewap3214 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro why everyone in this comment section going into details 😂

    • @iamnani_9111
      @iamnani_9111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@e._.phewap3214 exactly I’m just sitting here like damn y’all fighting in my comment non stop

  • @domjonas
    @domjonas 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1158

    That was fucked up for real. He just walked out.

    • @droidtrooper100
      @droidtrooper100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      AjHitEmUp 05 it was fucked up. And yeah, no shit he didnt wanna be a part of it, he didnt care in the first place, you heard what the players said, and how he responded.

    • @macon-
      @macon- 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be fair the players walked out on him to

    • @TheClime
      @TheClime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He just ruined their futures?

    • @nickiazzetta7814
      @nickiazzetta7814 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Mizaris except for the people that go to college for football you headass

    • @WAFFLEBOYPHD
      @WAFFLEBOYPHD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mizaris ur dumb..

  • @RainzUp
    @RainzUp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    This turned into a motivational football movie scene at 6:48. Hope all of these guys are doing well for themselves now. This is just another example of how college is a business at the end of the day and students are seen as customers, not the future of this nation.

    • @aolson1111
      @aolson1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      School exists for EDUCATION, not football, dumbshit.

    • @DGAF_AK87
      @DGAF_AK87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@aolson1111 You do realize that school athletics is the main money maker right?

    • @kwesi7994
      @kwesi7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@aolson1111 yk a lot of people get scholarships for sports?

    • @yaboicams8083
      @yaboicams8083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh in the red in the back felt every word he said

  • @7mikepd
    @7mikepd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    that second guy to ask questions is way smarter that the administrator. bringing up the economic impact and the fact that they never asked the team to come up with a plan fix the problem or fundraise or anything.
    And wow that was the stupidest way you could react to an emotional veteran.... basically saying I'm better than all of you.

    • @lrc3847
      @lrc3847 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And those "administrators" at the end shown up how incapable they are.
      In the soccer we suffer that a LOT.

    • @7mikepd
      @7mikepd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lrc3847 I hear you. I'm a wrestler. I've seen a lot of teams cut, despite those teams being able to fund their own program. There is always something political secretly happening.

  • @bucketman5241
    @bucketman5241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    You know when you get some random guy in a suit that you've never seen before coming to talk to you about funding, its probably over

  • @zacharyjones7948
    @zacharyjones7948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1031

    Him trying to prove that "he knows how they feel" automatically makes me lose all respect for him and disregard what he has to say. There's NO way he can truly understand. Him saying he does shows he's just saying random shit

    • @kidmmafan3679
      @kidmmafan3679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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    • @emmanuelmty22
      @emmanuelmty22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lmao what else is he supposed to say ?

    • @rdlsamuels2494
      @rdlsamuels2494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@emmanuelmty22 That he doesn't know how they feel. If he were to say that it would show he is actually sincere.

    • @ethandg830
      @ethandg830 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rdlsamuels2494 Oh so he’s dead? Good

    • @zacharyjones7948
      @zacharyjones7948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@emmanuelmty22 To be honest. I've done it before. It goes something like this.
      "As much as I truly care about this program, I realize that I could never fully understand how you as a team feel towards these decisions after the countless hours of blood sweat and tears you've poured out for it. I can't blame you if you're angry and I appreciate the passion you have for this program, but I do ask that you work with us through it."

  • @jaylonmartin8333
    @jaylonmartin8333 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This video is just pure human emotion. I’m not huge on football so I can’t really speak on their sport, but their passion and drive to make a program that they knew was dying work out the best they can only to have it end on them is devastating. They handled this awful news the best way they could. It destroys me to know these people who gave their hearts to this program just lost it all at the end. So upsetting man.

  • @Garso
    @Garso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    One thing that stood out to me is how they are talking about how relationships matter and the relationships that they have built. They have been told multiple times to chill by each other and some of the other head people, but once one of the coaches told them to quiet down they shut right up even though he was not even their coach anymore. That is what they meant by relationships matter and showed it right to him inadvertently.

    • @JR-kc8jx
      @JR-kc8jx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s called respect. A tailor can fit a suit for a pile of dog shit.

  • @vaughnbutler6129
    @vaughnbutler6129 6 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Thats some raw emotion right there. I feel for those kids and coaches.

  • @zackslay2938
    @zackslay2938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Imagine standing up there getting flamed by everyone in the room

    • @nocarebutyes3436
      @nocarebutyes3436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Politicians don’t care that’s why they always do it

    • @randyhall161
      @randyhall161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      He just went home and slept on his money bags.

    • @CarlDouglasJr
      @CarlDouglasJr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@randyhall161 facts 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @davidlabranche4266
      @davidlabranche4266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately he has no spine

    • @nunyabizness9400
      @nunyabizness9400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That guy is making a healthy 6 figures, if not 7...I'd do it for that.

  • @PAPERCHASERCH47
    @PAPERCHASERCH47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    This is deep and sad. Just awful what greed would do to a person. I cried

    • @JunkBondTrader
      @JunkBondTrader 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      greed, I mean... how do you know? The program was probably hemorrhaging money. CEOs jobs are to make something profitable. Who knows the reason? I doubt this guy is pocketing the money they save. Life's unfair.

    • @mattyy101
      @mattyy101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The money spent on football was taking the whole place down

    • @kaedyngraham1860
      @kaedyngraham1860 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They still have a team

    • @donking8794
      @donking8794 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Greed ?? Lmao do your research bud

    • @intellectual5598
      @intellectual5598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JunkBondTrader it’s a school not a for profit Corporation lmao

  • @rzl4359
    @rzl4359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    holy shit this looks like something from a comeback-style football movie

    • @ebonyjohnson1580
      @ebonyjohnson1580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right. I was just thinking the same thing.

  • @zachh13
    @zachh13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    There is just so much passion in that room, to much of it for the program to be cut off

  • @innda6
    @innda6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    This is sad 😔 Some of them look at football as “This all I got” and for that to get taken away from them is sad

    • @sarutobi43
      @sarutobi43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well I mean you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket

    • @jeffy7621
      @jeffy7621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@sarutobi43 sometimes u dont got alot of eggs

    • @sarutobi43
      @sarutobi43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jeffy7621 I don't believe that. These guys are taking it as if their life is over. And I'm not trying to like downplay their passion, but for example, if you're not setting your life up in other aspects when disasters like this happen then you shouldn't be too surprised.

    • @ivannieves320
      @ivannieves320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Capman Floyd you just don’t get it, how would you like to bust your ass off too your dream job and all that hard work for them just to cut you off and say I like you man but money is more important to me

    • @sarutobi43
      @sarutobi43 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ivannieves320 i currently bust my ass in my current job. But if they fired me today I have a plan b and c.

  • @momothx1
    @momothx1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The players’ speaches were so powerful

  • @jacksonstrickland2190
    @jacksonstrickland2190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It’s crazy how close of a family they are

  • @DrFred-rk2zq
    @DrFred-rk2zq 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This guy didnt even care. Rode home in a new car to a million dollar house after dropping this bombshell. No respect for uab

  • @macdoctor562
    @macdoctor562 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1492

    This is sad, I have a hard time believing they can't crunch some numbers and save this program. My heart goes out to all these players who put it on the line and are getting screwed over when it's already been proven the numbers where fudged up and the programs not losing money.

    • @faiththomas1749
      @faiththomas1749 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I'm not a football player ( I'm actually the opposite my dad played ) but that DOES NOT EXCUSE THE FACT that the young men who are playing football at UAB , ARE NOT BEING LiSTENED too by the people ( I can't call them administration nor can I call them "adults " because if they were adults they would've been at least sympathetic , the "suits" in this case aren't being ADULTS they're being money hungry capitalists who aren't concerned with the welfare of the students but the bottom line & ITS A DAMN SHAME
      #freeuab
      #holdurheadsblazernation

    • @josephcastro9237
      @josephcastro9237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      UAB is back tho right

    • @ooooo3131
      @ooooo3131 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Prof Finesse1 1 yes gladly we are back I’m a junior #34 inside lindebacker I actually didn’t know this video was here this was when I was a freshman

    • @gergassnerg4811
      @gergassnerg4811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @ cuz colleges spend a majority of their funds on increasing the amount of board members while increasing their pay as well. greed.

    • @josephtaylor2085
      @josephtaylor2085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ of course the fucking eagles fan says something like that

  • @MajinTrev
    @MajinTrev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how the coach barely tried to quiet them down. He made sure to let them get out everything they had to say. That man is a leader, not a boss.

  • @lifeschil
    @lifeschil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Kudos to the guy that recorded all this, gahdam that was crazy

  • @austinebryson8167
    @austinebryson8167 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2753

    i dont like UAB but i respect those players that video shows so much pation and heart they had for that team

  • @phillipsosa3353
    @phillipsosa3353 3 ปีที่แล้ว +373

    He's holding that water bottle like a microphone it's really bothering me lol. So glad UAB got their football program back tho. I used to pick UAB in NCAA cause they had dope colors and uniforms

    • @Rondu01
      @Rondu01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Real talk right there! They playbook on NCAA 14 was 🔥.

  • @spacerocket6915
    @spacerocket6915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The best thing about this is how much the players bring up their coaches and the work they put in for their team. Talking about their family how one slept in the office etc. They care more about everyone else around them and no one made it a “Me” thing but a “We” thing

  • @kyleschwartz2501
    @kyleschwartz2501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was in tears with some of the stories these guys had. That’s a true brotherhood.

  • @NBWDOUGHBOY
    @NBWDOUGHBOY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3081

    That's Crazy. They just cut the entire program. That's Ridiculous.

    • @bubba20004
      @bubba20004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      NBW DOUGHBOY their back now

    • @ryankenny551
      @ryankenny551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      They came back

    • @josephcastro9237
      @josephcastro9237 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They are back

    • @djhenyo
      @djhenyo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Good! Football is a piece of shit sport that is filled to the brim with woman beaters, rapists, absent fathers, and people who should by all means be labelled as felons for life but are let off the hook easy because some billionaire team owner hired a million-dollar lawyer for them to have an undeserved "Get out of Jail Free" card. Furthermore, it creates a very toxic, anti-intellectual environment on campus by leaving an open invitation for future woman beaters, rapists, absent fathers, and likely future felons to attend classes and act like they deserve some decent place in American society. Players are given a free pass on having shitty grades, free passes for not just bad but horribly criminal behavior, and basically allowed to do almost anything they like on campus for absolutely no reason other than the fact that they just so happen to spend lots of time playing a game that was designed for children and was adored by blithering, drunk retards.
      Notice the use of the word "was" in that last sentence. Thank you God and Jesus Christ for sending Colin Kaepernick into the NFL and starting the unstoppable chain reaction which will without any doubt completely destroy everything that league used to be. UAB is doing nothing wrong in any way with this move to cut the program; they are simply correcting a terrible injustice which has been forced on the students who actually go to the school for the right reasons, and they are taking away the ridiculously stupid free lunch ticket that all of the ogre-looking pieces of shit on the gridiron should have never been given in the first place. Next step is to cut about half of the Liberal Arts "education" programs and then the school will be able to start returning back to a place of knowledge instead of the place of feelings and football jocks that it devolved into over the last fifty years.

    • @Nick_4545
      @Nick_4545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      djhenyo if you feel so strongly about this maybe instead of wishing they should cut football and liberal arts programs. Then here's a thought that may have not crossed your hard headed mind, put yourself out in the forefront of cutting programs and make your voice heard rather than just bitching about it over a TH-cam comment. If you feel so strongly about what you're preaching here then you should have no problem getting a group together to end football and liberal arts programs but hey if you just wanna bitch about it over the internet then be my guest but either handle the shit your so fired up about or stop bitching

  • @ryanfrank8550
    @ryanfrank8550 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1431

    Jordan Howard was on that team

    • @shamwow5201
      @shamwow5201 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Ryan Frank Jemarcus Nelson too

    • @moonpuppy9919
      @moonpuppy9919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ryan Frank then he went to IU which helped me, but yea this is fucked up

    • @fruitcups4682
      @fruitcups4682 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ryan Frank damn things turned out okay for him though

    • @colinbock4357
      @colinbock4357 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      it inspired him

    • @chadkroeger2335
      @chadkroeger2335 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Royce Krueger you what

  • @An_Average_Idiot
    @An_Average_Idiot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    'Nobody cares more than I do'
    _He says passionlessly_

    • @dandanboyable
      @dandanboyable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did my publicist say? Oh “no one cares more about UBA, I mean UAB than I do”

  • @willcee4966
    @willcee4966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I don’t know the backstory but I know this kinda passion don’t come outta nowhere

  • @pggamer3242
    @pggamer3242 6 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    This president or whatever he was wasn't prepared to handle this situation

    • @NickyD
      @NickyD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      wtf did he expect was gonna happen

    • @tylerbruno07
      @tylerbruno07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@NickyD oh ok cool so the thing we worked all are lives for we just gonna give it up

    • @ThemisticShadow
      @ThemisticShadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      His dumbass really said he cared more about UAB football more than everyone, when his ass didnt even go to 1 game.

    • @mysteriousj3019
      @mysteriousj3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He thought he was just gonna roll in and they would be like "oh, the programs gone? Cool.". That dude is an idiot.

    • @jacksonvance7404
      @jacksonvance7404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NickyD I’d imagine he expected a room full of adults to act like..adults..

  • @VaporingTitan35
    @VaporingTitan35 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1017

    Glad their program is doing good now they deserve it..

    • @CloroxBleach-lp3ln
      @CloroxBleach-lp3ln 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      They deserve every bit of it I agree with you

    • @thepikachuoftexas3871
      @thepikachuoftexas3871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are going to be in a bowl game.

    • @nathank2750
      @nathank2750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clorox Bleach are you everywhere bro

    • @thepikachuoftexas3871
      @thepikachuoftexas3871 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nathan Koch ME?

    • @nathank2750
      @nathank2750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pikachu of Texas not trying 2 be a dick but who's name is in my comment

  • @ecotechpestservices
    @ecotechpestservices 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Did not know I was gonna end up crying when I just wanted to smoke a joint and chill.

  • @rovito6517
    @rovito6517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't believe he really just walked out like he didn't just take away everyone's favorite game

  • @youtubertbhlol
    @youtubertbhlol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    Almost cried for that guy with the son and I don’t even cry in sad movies this is sad. Glad that they are back tho.
    Also, think about the seniors and the people that worked and worked just to see the program get destroyed

    • @ezotrevnic
      @ezotrevnic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Cuz movies fake n this sum real world life shit i agree tho im unemotional asf my eyes got lil teary

    • @jacobdubois1151
      @jacobdubois1151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No cap I wanted to find some kind of go fund me for the vet with the 3 yr old son man but then I found out white guy that went over to him and comforted him is a starting punter for the chargers so he prolly helps out already

    • @Sora_Nai
      @Sora_Nai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I dont get it he acted as if he got paid to be there and him being fired meant no food for his child but its just a club on the other hand he's 27 wtf is he doing playing ball he should be studying and getting his life together, especially since he's a vet.

    • @jerathan412
      @jerathan412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sora_Nai Did you listen to anything he fucking said?

    • @AseAseAse33
      @AseAseAse33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro I teared up like a mf

  • @chattiermike140
    @chattiermike140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    This is a sad video but the dude in the back saying “we playing rugby?” at 1:58 got me rolling

    • @iamjp1
      @iamjp1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i didn’t catch that lol

    • @JacobMeza-pro-footballer
      @JacobMeza-pro-footballer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lmao I just heard the snickering following that as well

    • @ObiWanKenobi
      @ObiWanKenobi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even the fifth year senior was laughing

  • @jakeevangelista4879
    @jakeevangelista4879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Heart warming to see a team come together

  • @walkeraustin8398
    @walkeraustin8398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't think a TH-cam video has ever made me cry before, I feel for those guys, I know what it's like to be apart of something like that, and I couldn't imagine it getting taken away

  • @sirmag1735
    @sirmag1735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I'm not whatsoever an emotional guy, but I felt that room. And those emotions

    • @cyberslumz
      @cyberslumz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sociopath 😋?

  • @danielsantamaria2468
    @danielsantamaria2468 6 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    make a 30 for 30 on UAB football

  • @marctoonz813
    @marctoonz813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    3 year old son: "daddy what are they going to do with the program at UAB?"

    • @parkersmith6310
      @parkersmith6310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😂

    • @adrianb3015
      @adrianb3015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jesuschristisking Luciferwillfall Jesus is king amen 🙏🏻

  • @extremcorg7284
    @extremcorg7284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can’t imagine how awful it would be to lose all my teammates and all my dreams are gone just because one guy said so

  • @allenlegacy242
    @allenlegacy242 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1793

    I'm a diehard LSU/Miami fan, but this was so messed up. Hated seeing and hearing this.

    • @williamshirley1173
      @williamshirley1173 7 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Denzell Allen this comment is 2 years old and I’m still gonna respond to it, you can’t be a die hard fan of 2 teams😂 that’s being a band wagon of two bad teams

    • @williamshirley1173
      @williamshirley1173 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Shawn Blazington Jr clemson since birth, live about 30 minutes away from the campus, my family and I go to every home game, multiple family members have attended clemson for college and it's my dream school as well.

    • @brians6726
      @brians6726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      William Shirley - Music and Vlogs “shit teams”

    • @Curveball
      @Curveball 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Denzell Allen, yeah man, I'm a Miami fan, and this was hard to watch. I feel so bad for those guys.

    • @nikolas1234ify
      @nikolas1234ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      William Shirley - Music and Vlogs number 2 ranked but were shit lmao sit down

  • @benleshgold4522
    @benleshgold4522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    Why did one dude go “what is we gon play rugby?”

    • @justinjones143
      @justinjones143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I was going to leave but I gotta hear this lol

    • @ivedagreat6982
      @ivedagreat6982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I play rugby, best sports culture hands down

    • @justinjones143
      @justinjones143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No cap i didn't even hear it lol

    • @benleshgold4522
      @benleshgold4522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @lebronhoward yeah bro that’s messed

    • @ajsalinas8418
      @ajsalinas8418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @lebronhoward White dominated, when most players are minorities?

  • @thetruelamb
    @thetruelamb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When the one guy started to talk about his son that’s when I started to cry. I already was getting teary-eyed and then he got me. Prayers for all them.

  • @baulzzzzzzz2278
    @baulzzzzzzz2278 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love that they as a team have been taught to give respect and they do so when they realize they’re being disrespectful, but as an authority figure he gives them no respect just shuts them off down and expects them to deal with it

  • @osu5inarow
    @osu5inarow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Gutless just gutless and for him to boast his 42 years and to walkout like that gutless.

    • @GeoJesse
      @GeoJesse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well to be fair at that point it had become too chaotic. Him being there wasn’t accomplishing anything.

  • @toffeelatte6042
    @toffeelatte6042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Man I love these players. These aren't kids, they're real men. Fiercely defending how much effort and work they've put in and the bit that finished me off was watching them all fiercely defend their coaches. This is so sad.

    • @alexescutia4805
      @alexescutia4805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not just for them straight telling this suit what their coaches did for them and the program and what they sacrificed

    • @toffeelatte6042
      @toffeelatte6042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Esteban Bigly Ironically, that is EXACTLY who the suits in all this could be personified as. If you can't see that, you're a terrible human being.

    • @dhdhdhbdbdhdgdhdhdhdhdhd5621
      @dhdhdhbdbdhdgdhdhdhdhdhd5621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Esteban Bigly because someone tried too take the thing that could change there life away from them they handled this like real men no violence just talking

    • @jack.20f74
      @jack.20f74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Esteban Bigly I can tell just by your ignorant comment that you would have tried to fight the dude in the suit if you had to deal with what they did. If I was an NFL scout, I'd write down those 3 guys that spoke up for their team, and in defense of their coaches, and keep them in the back of my mind. Very few players in the NFL have this kind of passion anymore. They lose it all when they get their first paycheck. I can tell by that veteran, and the 5th year senior, they'll cherish every moment they get on an NFL field.

  • @MantisUzumaki
    @MantisUzumaki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Years later and this still hits hard 😢

  • @mikewiller5117
    @mikewiller5117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This president gives me “Michael Scott” vibes when presenting, that man was HEAVILY unprepared for this..

  • @BlueshirtFan4Ever
    @BlueshirtFan4Ever 9 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    He absolutely fucked this program in all aspects out of that announcement. This was just uncalled for. For them to shut down the football program for unforeseen circumstances, was just despicable. Now this shit has got me so fuckin' hot and so angry that I wish if I was there and they said they're going to shut out any sport... I would've just went off!!!
    The UAB president should be ashamed of himself for stripping those players their football livelihoods and possibly their NFL futures.
    Just makes me absolutely sick!!!

    • @phannypack3951
      @phannypack3951 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NYRfan845 if they were any good they will transfer easily.

    • @jpkilloran7027
      @jpkilloran7027 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      phanny pack it’s not about that they were a brotherhood they loved each other it’s hard to transfer to another team after going through so much shit with your guys

    • @thecartorr9521
      @thecartorr9521 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      .

    • @tannergould6183
      @tannergould6183 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't know providing a free college education to an entire team that no longer has to play football was taking their livelihoods lmfao. Idiots

    • @jpkilloran7027
      @jpkilloran7027 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Tanner Gould stupid comment

  • @ronniethomas7925
    @ronniethomas7925 9 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    The worst thing Watts could have said was the one where he said he loved UAB more than anyone. He cant sit there and tell me he loves that school more than those players. They put the uniform on that says UAB on the front of it every day and go play their hearts out for a school where the president doesn't support them. I am happy that the program is in the process of coming back. #freeuab

    • @DaxSports1
      @DaxSports1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They said they've never seen his face before all notion that he loved UAB more than anyone was mute at that point.

    • @alexescutia4805
      @alexescutia4805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DaxSports1 for real if you love the school how the holy hell these dudes a 5th year senior included never seen you

  • @fryguy2k657
    @fryguy2k657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    From no team to beating the #12 BYU Cougars in 5 years, what an amazing turnaround

  • @calebsmith6155
    @calebsmith6155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "you don't know, what you don't know" damn, that was deep