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Ever Loyal: The Return of UAB Football
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2017
- After being shut down in December of 2014, the UAB Football program fought to get reinstated in 2015. Since then, the program has undergone significant changes in their run to #TheReturn in 2017. Head Coach Bill Clark and former players return to the program and document the journey and bond to the city and school that embraced their revival.
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im happy to see them get football back but i feel bad for the players who were on the team when the team was cut
ELITE stabking true. Was sickening
They would technically still have years of eligibility because there was no team anymore so if they were a sophomore and played their first 2 years and they got rid of the football team when it came back they would still have 2 more years unless they transferred
I know none of the kids in a video or even on this team anymore I think there was like two of them that was it and there wasn’t even on video
@@theboogieman401 Ty Long
I am not a fan of UAB but I am so happy for them to get football back. I saw the video of them shutting down the football program and it made me sick to my stomach for all those kids who worked hard for basically nothing. I'm cheering for them this year
Bet they're gonna make a movie about all this som day, and they're having a good year so far this year (6-3).. wouldn't surprise me at all if I saw this story become a movie
Jon Snow We Are UAB
real-talk it should be a movie. Its a tear-jerker
They're 7-3 right now
30 for 30 presents...
Jon snow make the movie become rich go out and do it
This goes to show that they could have saved the program in the first place if they wanted to.
tylor Franks this goes to show they were trying that whole time and barely got it back now .... you goof
Dummy, they were going to operate at a loss. In their words "it didn't make financial sense". Meaning they could have saved it by getting help earlier. They could have operated the program at a loss until aid was provided or another financial avenue opened. It was well known it was a business decision not a necessity.
Yo think about this. The team was in a bowl drought for 10 years right? People were getting mad, of course they still loved the team, but they were getting tired of losing. A lot of people lost passion. The decision comes out to end the program and outrage ensues the entire state. Hype is generated, people that hadn't been to a game in years are saying where the fuck is UAB football? After two years they have enough money ($23 mil) to build an operations center and a $5 million practice field. That sounds like they had a comfortable amount to work with and probably got a lot of people bonuses. Two years ago they didn't even have enough money "to keep the team competitive". Now the team is heading to their first bowl since 2004.
With all that in mind... do you think that would have happened if they hadn't ended the program? Do you think they did all of it on purpose? I mean...you don't end a college football program every day.. or year.. or decade. I'm not saying that it's definitely the reason or even that it had anything to do with it. I'm simply speculating. Maybe this has been spoken on before. I just thought it was interesting the lengths they would go to to make some money. They really broke those guys' hearts for it.
And if you do think it was on purpose...was it worth it?
College football is all about money. The kids still got their scholarships Their good players transferred I know of 2 that went to the nfl. I do feel bad for the kids but as we all realize some day life is filled with ups and downs life isn’t fair and nobody owes you anything.
When a buisness goes out of bankrupt it destroys people’s lives grown ups with entire families to feed. Lots of these people lose everything but the hard workers pick themselves up and start over.
Ty Long, the kicker in the 2014 season who was the most hurt by the announcement is now the starting kicker for the LA Chargers :)
He was not the most hurt. They all hurt equally wtf.
@@MVPxKidD3MoN u could say “showed it the most”
@@MVPxKidD3MoN he was the most hurt.
@@JorgeSanchez-pt4we no he wasn’t lol 💀💀 you’re fucking stupid
Niceeeeee
I saw the video of Ray Watts telling the team that they're shutting the football program down and it broke my heart. Since the start of the 2017 season, I have a special place in my heart for UAB football as a Michigan State fan.
Same, but I'm a Sun Devil fan. UAB is that program I'm never gonna forget about ever and what happened that day.
Go green!
Im a Michigan fan and It hurt me too man. You know its serious when a MSU and U of M fan come together 😂
This would be a dope movie
They better make one instead of a nother the incredibles 4 or whatecer
Anyone here after seeing the players reacting to the dude saying they were canceling the program
Me lol
I'm not.. fucking dumbass 🙄
Ok I am you got me 😉
I’m glad UAB is back. I live in Trussville,AL (30 minute’s from Birmingham). But it got canceled because nobody came to the games. Everyone either stayed home or went to Tuscaloosa or Auburn. With all the people crying about the program being taken away. I want to know how many actually went to a game. That what it will take to keep the team.
St.Sasquatch that's not even the whole story.
Never allowed to donate directly to football. Only allowed to donate to 'athletics' in general and then it gets divided out.
Not allowed to hire Jumbo Fisher but forced to hire an OC in name only who was a former player of Paul Bryant Sr.
Stick to Tuscaloosa
St.Sasquatch don’t leave Troy out
And today UAB won the conference championship. Dec 1 2018
"As of today we are taking steps to reinstate the football, rifle, and bowling programs"
Phew!! I was really worried about those D1 bowling athletes
I'm a uga fan, but uab has a spot in my heart now
the pandas?
Ive never heard of UAB but im sooo stoked that they got their program back. Hell i might try to join the program
This is gonna be a movie. UAB is 10-3, ranked, and conference champs
The guy who kept showing up in the wheelchair is Timothy Alexander, he’s the motivational coach for uab and a motivational speaker. He comes to my high school every year here in Oregon and it’s like he treats everyone as a part of his family. He is probably one of the nicest people I’ve ever met and it doesn’t surprise me he was a part of this group.
such an incredible story. Seriously worthy of a movie!
I'm glad they got their football program back. I would walk by legion field and cry because I couldn't watch UAB home games on satirday.
thank god they have their program back, what truly sucks is that it could have came back a long time after it was taken down
Damn if only people could come together like this for things that matter
They should make a movie about this
Awesome outcome!!!! Never give up young men and woman!
Really interesting that it went from being terminated to it getting it's own brand new 47,000 seat stadium in downtown
Heart break can be repaired with one step forward; keep moving!
And now they currently hold a 4-2 record. I may be going to another university, but this schools football program will always be on my mind
I can relate too higher ups wanting too destroy a university... I can relate too corrupt bullshit making a fanbase suffer
Yall got my respect UAB, congrats on a great season this year
Make history 💯
As someone from Birmingham I find it interesting that the university never acknowledged that a big reason no one came to the games is the fact that Legion Field is in a very rough part of town and there is very little secure parking. People never felt safe going to the games because they were afraid that their car may be stolen. Instead of finding a proper solution to that problem they just decided to cut the program because it was easier. I was so glad when they came back it was great for the community.
Always a reason ..and it's funny the school couldn't fund that shit they got 22 mil from the ppl .but they charge 20k a year in tuition wtf
Hackney was my favorite player from here.
Great story football family 💪 i sure hope they make a movie because you guys inspired me
I’m
Just now seeing this but I’m so happy they got there football back
great story. from a Washington Husky fan, congrats on being back! this is what its all about!
Buck Futtler you stole my coach
i lived in boise for a few years lol. i was happy to get him but sad for BSU.
Buck Futtler he was the best coach in our history and it was sad to see him leave
he sure was. and we thank you for being a great program that helped him get as good as he was! go dawgs and broncos!
Awesome to bring it back
30 for 30 films worthy
I play on a high school football and we really have become more of a family. No where do you hear that something has to be cut by money, it is about family and brotherhood
What planet do you live on, money runs everything.
Awesome. GO BLAZERS!!!
hope the players got screwed over by this got compensated properly..
sad thing is, no matter what, it will never be repaid.
You gotta thank this guy lol even though everyone hates him
i hope the guy that terminated was fired.
Johnathan Porter nope. Sadly :/
I respect the hell out of UAB, but y'all gotta get u're own stadium at least build one to get more students, alumni, and supporters at the school games.
This is a little late but for the return we raised around $25m. All of that is being put into a brand new stadium near uptown. It opens for games next season :)
@@h..k7531 oh wow, I can’t wait to see it🤟🏾💯
@@7xsystem369 check out Protective Stadium on Twitter if you want to see pictures!
In case.you didn't know, the guy in the blue shirt at the start of the video, he was yelling "falafel". I'm pretty sure of it.
Love some uab football freak that guy that cut it😈
Make this a movie please!!!
I still think the University of Alabama had something to do with the shutdown of UAB football.
Go blazersssss
Why credit ray watts for bringing it back when it was his decision to shut down football to begin with.....
Jordan Howard was on this team lmao
“Facilities caused financial problems and unsuccessful recruiting” UAB is getting a brand new football stadium soon😏
Make it a movie
I just don’t understand how so many people wanted it back yet no one wanted them when they were there... happy for the community that they have football back.. keep those ass’s in the seats.
Their new stadium should help with attendance
So the players from the 14-15 season they came back to play or no
Politics and Football in the state of Alabama
Where is the movie?
I don’t believe the community came up with 20 mil
RIP 2020
GO BLAZERS
clearly weren’t many WATTS in that lightbulb 💡
Every other sport is running at a loss. Title IX is responsible for a lot of that.
Damn after seeing that board of trustees meeting, looks like they need to make cuts there to. I bet they each make over $70,000 do the math... 2ndly 20 million I want receipts of whats being purchased and bought with that money and for the remainder of time. I bet those trustees pocketed sone of it....
I'm glad my ga bull dogs picked up some people
Did they beat Alabama a&m?
Lol how are they gonna praise ray watts after he didn’t fight for them before? The only reason he did 3 years later is because all the pressure was on him to. He still doesn’t care about the players or the team.
Alabama is a football state? Where's you're NFL team?
Myles Gelóneck University of Alabama is pretty much NFL haha
Myles Gelóneck does Alabama count?
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i hope Ray Watts is not allowed in any football games let alone the facilities if i was the head coach i wound ban that man from everything because it tried to take everything.
i know this is gonna sound really bad
but taking away a young mans program , outlet and family
that’s just as bad as a family member dying.
True
👍
Wow all the people who missed their opportunities and now you wanna bring tin back
Our men's soccer team isn't good but there's no talk about getting rid of it
How come they wanted a football team so bad, but don't even fill the stands on Saturdays. ?
The stadium they play in now holds 71,000 fans for a small team. Thats bigger than some NFL stadiums. Thats why they never “filled the stands”
New one is being built and finished by next season tho
UAB from?
I feel like UAB probably lost way more money by dissolving the program than if they would have kept it. Look at all those fans who showed up to their games, you think that football fans and players are going to go to a school without a football team? Fuck no, i know i wouldn't go to a school if they didn't have a soccer or basketball team for me to go to every weekend to watch their games.
I hated that guy in the suit he isn't about the school or players just the money and he eventually lost
Did they get rid of that president?
BEFORE THE program was cut they were terrible and now they not bad.
No Money/Attention = No Program
Possible Money/Media Attention = Restart Program
Money Talks. Society is fucked people
UAB players should make major profits and then just all quit, they’ll get picked up by major schools and fuck over that day dude
hell ya! and watch me play on the team when i get older i bet i will be the first girl
artisticwolf wolfie I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but they won't let women play with men.
donutpatrol25. hey im just hoping to change that
artisticwolf wolfie lmfao hell nah
Good luck
you better start benching, cleaning, and squatting then
Lmao they felt it in their pockets eh?
Who is here from tik tok
Hell yeah this happens Nebraska did this too. Eichorst Peterson ruined football here. Now that they are gone we can get back to winning
The us emphasizes sports wayyyy too much lol
I could care less about UAB football but bulll crapp that the credit needs to go to Ray Watts.
Yeah he should been fired
UAB, nobody really cares. And I live in Alabama. UAB football is a joke.
thats why they they better than they ever have been
You’re one of the few who doesn’t care I promise you that.
You give a sports team a poor field and facility you can't expect them to recruit well or play well but now they are good