![]() Under the original proposal, Carr's study was scheduled to be completed by April 30, 2014. It's not clear why the numbers are counted differently. ![]() The numbers add up for 2012-14, but not for 2014-15 due to $129,000 not counted from "EF for Nike, Car, Expense Allowance." That leaves football's projected revenue $129,000 short than the numbers suggest for 2014-15. There is also an issue with the numbers on the football projections page that estimates finances without football (Exhibit 2, ). That's a shortfall of $645,000 that isn’t counted over the five-year period of football projections even though the $129,000 was calculated in prior years with actual or budgeted numbers. Carr appears to not count $129,000 in those years for an itemized line titled “EF for Nike, Car, Expense Allowance.” EF stands for Educational Foundation.īecause of this calculation, the total football revenues at the bottom of the page don’t add up and fall $129,000 short each year compared to the listed numbers. However, calculating those same lines for 2014-15 through 2018-19 projections leaves a $129,000 shortfall each year. Yet UAB on its own NCAA financial report from 2012-13 listed $1,136,522 for football donations that year. For instance, Carr lists $351,126 in total football contributions for 2012-13. "So while we anticipated a short-term loss, we are focused on competing for and winning championships, which will boost attendance and financial support," he said.Ĭarr’s figures related to donations raise their own questions, including the methodology for how he counts which sports get credit for contributions. In a written response to emailed questions, UAB vice president for financial affairs and administrator Allen Bolton said the strategic plan is ongoing and UAB is banking on competing for championships in remaining sponsored sports. The Blazers' highest-profile sport, men's basketball, has made the NCAA Tournament only once in the past eight seasons (2010-11) and has a 4-8 record this year. UAB reported $2.5 million in athletic giving in 2012-13 and budgeted for $2.6 million in 2013-14. UAB initially released an abbreviated 16-page report by CarrSports Consulting that the university has used to justify dropping football.īy 2018-19, UAB is projected to have $2.3 million in total athletic department philanthropy. UAB projected a $287,000 loss of athletic department giving in 2015-16 before donations quickly start increasing again in 2016-17, according to a 58-page study of UAB's future obtained by through a Freedom of Information Act request. The outrage doesn't appear to be going away, but UAB's athletic financial projections - not to mention the university's $1 billion fundraising drive - bank on good feelings returning soon. Watts has expressed regret over how he handled the decision that made UABthe first major college football program to drop football in 19 years. Some financial giving is drying up, including a $45,000 sponsorship for the Blazer IMG Sports Network that was canceled, AL.com reported earlier this month. ![]() Students at a UAB basketball game chanted for him to be fired. UAB faculty members drafted a no-confidence resolution against university president Ray Watts for failing to share governance of the school with the faculty. The decision by the University of Alabama at Birmingham to drop football continues to be met by anger within the university community. UAB envisions a better future in athletics, but how? (USATSI)
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