Report Questions Whether UAB Football Was Unprofitable

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The University of Alabama-Birmingham drew national attention — and a great deal of anger locally — last fall when it announced it was dropping its football program due to cost concerns. A new report released this week, however, questions that decision, asserting that the sport did make money for the university and would continue to increase in value. 

The school cited the growing cost of attendance, bolstered by the NCAA’s revised regulations related to student scholarships and benefits, in their decision to end the program. The rifle and bowling programs were also eliminated. 

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