John Archibald: An Impasse Over UAB Football
The UAB Blazers play Iowa State University today in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The tournament berth and a conference championship fired up Blazer fans and UAB alumni still angry over UAB President Ray Watts’ decision to end the school’s football, bowling and rifle teams. The decision may have been made almost four months ago, but opinions are still charged. That’s especially now that an impasse has emerged around a task force reviewing the numbers used to justify the end of the programs. We talk about it with Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald.
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