Original sentence: The decision was met with great outrage toward and criticism of Watts as well as the University of Alabama board of trustees.|accessdate = December 13, 2014.|date = December 1, 2014.|first = Zach.|last = Barnett.|publisher= NBCSports.|title = Hundreds of UAB fans gather in hopes of saving Blazer football
Edited sentence: The decision was met with great outrage toward and criticism of Watts as well as the University of Alabama board of trustees on even a national basis, as supporters of the fight to retain UAB's football program felt it was wrongly shut down without regard to the players and coaches, and, largely due to the power of Twitter (mainly using the hashtags #FreeUAB and #SaveUABFootball), were able to gain the sympathy of people all across the nation in an effort to pressure UAB's administration into rethinking and changing its decision