UAB Kills Football Program, Fallout Immediate

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UAB football players embrace after learning that the school's football program would be shut down. Photo via @JonSolomonCBS on Twitter.
UAB football players embrace after learning that the school's football program would be shut down. Photo via @JonSolomonCBS on Twitter.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham officially killed its football program on Tuesday. The ensuing scene on the school's campus was one of chaos and heartbreak — students protesting, the band playing, tears flowing and a school president being berated by devastated players and booed by fans. Death is never easy to accept.

UAB announced the decision shortly after school president Ray Watts met with Blazers players and coaches. The decision comes after a campus-wide study conducted by a consulting firm over the past year deemed that in the current collegiate environment, football was no longer financially viable.

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