Talk:UAB Blazers

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=== UAB Controversy ===
Following the 2006 season, Fisher interviewed for the head coaching position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school was prepared to hire him as the head coach, with a salary of $600,000, half of which would be paid by two Birmingham area business leaders. However, the Alabama Board of Trustees vetoed the contract offer, with one board member claiming it was a matter of "fiscal responsibility". This even though the $300,000 share that the school would be responsible for paying was no more than they had paid the previous coach, Watson Brown.
Interestingly, the same Board of Trustees authorized a $4,000,000 buyout of University of Alabama head coach Mike Shula, then offered a 4 year, $12,000,000 contract offer to Rich Rodriguez, until eventually giving Nick Saban $32,000,000 over 8 years, reportedly the largest salary ever for a college football head coach.
This has lead some to allege that the Alabama Board of Trustees (especially Paul Bryant Jr., the son of the legendary Alabama coach) has a vested interest in keeping the University of Alabama at Birmingham's football program weak, as a strong program could be a threat to the recruiting efforts of the University of Alabama.
On the other hand, the University of Alabama athletic department had a profit of $7,109,599 in the 2005-2006 fiscal year, while the University of Alabama-Birmingham athletic department had a profit of only $320,211 over that same time period, according to the US Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education.
Hope this is useful. AUTiger » talk 04:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
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