UAB Players Reaction To The Decision to Cut Football-THE ORIGINAL VERSION

[@joshdenson2112]

And now they are bowl eligible in their first year back and sold out the entire stadium first game back. Someone make a movie

[@ronanperry9176]

This gotta be a movie for real

[@143caoa]

They didn’t sell out. And they barely fill out half the stadium now.

[@charlesisrael3988]

Josh Denson lmao 😂 so damn true

[@MyName_Jeff]

Carlos Oliveros lol

[@eon_raps]

They win the bowl they’ll get one

[@alexdklein]

Ty Long was the 5th year senior, he is now on the Chargers

[@imyourdaddy8243]

That’s nice to know

[@capriojosh]

He sucks

[@jack.20f74]

@@capriojosh Yet he has more heart as a punter than about 70 percent of the NFL. Sit the fuck down.

[@cadengreat8485]

@@capriojosh well someone must consider him good cause he is playing in the NFL

[@braydenfertitta9772]

@@weeweegordy you don’t even know how sus. 😭😂 didnt yo momma tell you not to talk to strangers ??? I’m a orphan, rule don’t apply 😘

[@pt9373]

First 30 seconds said everything, "I've been here 5 years and never seen your face once".

[@mr.bigglesworth1970]

that was the most real shit said in the whole video. I felt that shit through the phone

[@Visible-jb2ew]

Damn got me writing a essay about this

[@andrewchapman5659]

At least the guy came in and said it to there face

[@rebelheart4469]

AMEN

[@coleslift]

@@andrewchapman5659 no please shut the fuck up.

[@burntthetoast]

The white guy 5th year senior is Ty Long. He's now the starting punter for the Chargers. I'm happy for him, but the other guys who busted their asses. Transfers do not look good when playing sports, and this shit happened in December, most of their season had already passed. I am at a loss for words.

[@Bolt6604]

@TEDDY IHEARINDUEME Gotta have a team to take you. Sure the star Players on that club could transfer no problem. Some guy struggling as a 3rd stringer, busting his ass for that program. Yeah. His football days ended in that classroom. It's a shame.

[@loreast2129]

Nice

[@syperplex3993]

Screw the academics

[@Marco76o]

Chargers suck ass

[@roryfarrell8569]

“I’m happy for him, but the other guys who busted their ass” I’m sorry, that doesn’t make sense, what are you trying to say here?

[@donniedial3014]

Let's be honest. We never looked for this. We were all recommended this and now we're sad

[@aquaferz1980]

Wtf lmao i just got recommended this rn😂

[@Jimmy-fp4qq]

YT reco hella crazy old yet meaningful vids lately...tf is yt tryna tell us?

[@MrLp1980]

I never knew this happened. I never knew Uab even dropped its football program 🤦🏾‍♂️. I really do feel bad.

[@alonzobarnes302]

Right

[@Sensei_J]

Same

[@billyk3682]

He said “nobody cares about UAB more than I do” smh. What a horrible thing to say in that moment.

[@isaacmacdonald6530]

True. UAB NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!!!

[@billyk3682]

@@isaacmacdonald6530 Their football program has been back for a couple years now I believe.

[@cap10_quack84]

He said that he’s worked harder than almost anyone at UAB and he was talking to football players who probably work harder in a week that he does in a year.

[@cap10_quack84]

@@sirmag1735 The president dude is who I meant when I said that

[@Horible4]

@@billyk3682 Sorry if this is an annoying question, but do you know if this was a sound decision? Was keeping the team really going to sink the school? Most of the time these programs being shut down really do just sound like money saving decisions rather than necessary ones.

[@topshotta922]

Y’all know Ty Long? Well he’s the starting punter for the Chargers and he’s also the white dude that was talking at the beginning. Glad to see his success!

[@ThemisticShadow]

Im so happy for him, you can tell from this video the love he has for the game.

[@RealAmericanStudios]

He’s a true leader!

[@dustinhuck685]

Success is a strong wrong since he’s a charger lol But at least he’s in the NFL

[@drivenrc]

@@dustinhuck685 bro, he is a freaking punter. Relax! Judging that man as if he played qb. Honestly everyone wants to win the big game. But if you in the league as a punter then you do your job and your successful either way.

[@204angling3]

@@dustinhuck685 He actually had an amazing stint up north in the CFL prior to joining the chargers, he is an amazing punter

[@Valcreee]

Fun fact: passionate white guy is Ty Long and he is the punter for the Los Angeles Chargers. Edit: Chargers just resigned him to a new contract too!

[@BHTube94]

That’s beautiful to hear man 🙏🏾

[@redredmon8833]

He was a great punter in the CFL to

[@aroTheKidd]

@Comment Expert wdym anyone can kick a ball?

[@surahn3k]

@Comment Expert it’s not just “ kicking a ball “ you dumb ass ,

[@cjs7603]

@Comment Expert smooth brain alert

[@BigNort73]

As a football player this pisses me off. The school official looked like he doesn't even care.

[@selrandolph]

TheCnorton19 e doesn’t give a single fuck about them

[@samu4608]

But they are still a team now so who cares

[@selrandolph]

Tux it’s fucked up that this ever happened, that’s like saying the WW2 is over so who cares

[@CarsonJacobs13]

and they went 6-6 but they didnt play the bowl game but they are back this year and are 7-4 so far

[@samxyx]

Gotta be heartless to do something like this. At the end of the day it's a buisness

[@michaelduterte6239]

This is like if Scott’s tots was a real thing

[@Agent_0.]

Underrated comment

[@abickell6326]

Lmaooo

[@independence6761]

This is amazing

[@danhenderson1177]

Congrats, you have won the KZbin comment section

[@stevenvargas3304]

Damn still too soon Lmao

[@samibasheer4674]

Wow no acting in a movie could ever portray this emotion

[@BigShaneGillis]

This isn’t a tragedy. This a circumstance and shows a lot of character. The white kid whining and weeping cause he thinks the world owes him something, once the black kids heard their scholarships were here to stay they were reasonable. It’s club football it’s not the death of a family member

[@Phori859]

@@BigShaneGillis Shane shut your weird ass up

[@BigShaneGillis]

@@Phori859 hahaha that one hit a nerve huh? Grow up baby

[@ianmacdonald9826]

@@BigShaneGillis clearly someone was beat as a child and doesn’t understand family values.

[@BigShaneGillis]

@MNI Andes wah wah wah. Lifes not fair. Doesn’t matter what tragedies you experience because your future is defined by how you respond to them. "You drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.”

[@yungsorrow7145]

"I'm tired of listening to him let him finish" what a legend

[@houstonmade1909]

Time stamp?

[@yungsorrow7145]

@@houstonmade1909 2:50

[@poopmongerer4090]

He said, "I'm tired of listening to 'it' (not him)". The "it" he was referring to was the disrespectful interrupting from the players. The coach (who is actually going to lose money and be out of a job because of this) is handling it a lot better than most of these players that aren't getting paid anyways, most likely never were going to go to the NFL anyways, and can easily transfer if they truly are NFL-caliber. The coach (who likely has a family and kids to feed, unlike the players) is in a lot worse of a position and he still handled it like a man. Now did the old guy making the announcement do a good job at telling these players that the decision was made to cut football? No, he did a terrible job. It could have gone A LOT smoother if he just stuck to the financial element. Instead of saying, "nobody cares about UAB football more than I do" (which was an incredibly stupid thing to say), he should have just said, "Look, I dont want football to go away either, but it's just not financially sustainable to continue the program. We're losing money and we can't continue to dig ourselves into debt. It has nothing to do with you guys (referring to the players) or your ability to play the game. This is all economics and has nothing to do with you. Im sincerely sorry this is happening to you. Thank you for your years of dedication to UAB football. If you stay, you scholarships will still be honored. If you decide to transfer, I completely understand and wish you the best of luck."

[@topg893]

How is he a legend? It's all about money for the guys in suits!! They come in there feeding them bullshit..... and you're concerned about him finishing his sentence? You're so ignorant.... shut the fuck up

[@houstonmade1909]

@@topg893 who hurt u?

[@coltonbries2342]

When the 27 year old told his story about his son I shed 2 tears. I haven't cried in years

[@donnaadams1765]

I cried reading the Holy Bible the other day, the world is satanic, a matrix is real, prophecy unfolding

[@cheblehblehbleh]

@@donnaadams1765 Bible ain't real grandma

[@treenugs117]

@@cheblehblehbleh explain why everything in a bible is what is happening now and has been happening for centuries?

[@cheblehblehbleh]

@@treenugs117 you kinda said it yourself, all that shit in the book has been happening since man could walk.

[@josiaharenazas3120]

Bro it’s fax

[@rodb115]

When the dude mentioned the teammates having surgeries, so that they could still play... that hurt. Correction, when the guy in the black shirt mentioned his son, and his teammates came around to support him... that hurt more.

[@j.a.c.3264]

Shit man... that has pulling my heart strings, I starting tearing up a little bit. But they got there program back, and there playing hard ass football

[@cap10_quack84]

The movie would be more like a documentary really

[@j.a.c.3264]

@@cap10_quack84 It’s giving me Hard Knocks vibes

[@thechosengray]

7:25

[@rodb115]

@@thechosengray yep, that's when you truly see the unity and family bond.

[@tylerforte5826]

you know it’s over when the coaches are just sitting there not even saying anything 🥺

[@JustGotSomeIdeas]

If you d line coach has given up. So have I

[@sp4rten848]

Ain’t tryin to lose their job

[@Evan-ed7pu]

@@sp4rten848 they closed the football program lmao so they losing their job regardless bro

[@tylersmith8478]

Unless one of the coaches is also a teacher but yeah that was a silly comment lol

[@RFXJagen.]

they’ve probably already done what they could

[@trendmonkey403]

the player who served in iraq and has a 3 year old son had a great speech

[@IppPhelpy]

He was the strength and conditioning coach not a player

[@DroGodina]

@@IppPhelpy An honest speech, nonetheless. $$

[@roma5869]

Made me tear up

[@ergerg2]

Yeah but he used performance enhancing backstory.

[@iscokc1259]

@@roma5869 same

[@parrin96]

The turnaround this program has had has been absolutely incredible and inspiring. Worthy of a movie.

[@desmondwatkins2949]

Is there a thing I can read or watch about this

[@adamcommercial3133]

Stolen comment

[@devantepouges9860]

Became a fan before this happened, fell in love with the team even more knowing what they have accomplished

[@cheebee9684]

roll tide?

[@jasonsanders6930]

Man didn’t let the bitterness control his future destiny

[@GraveMachine23]

"you dont know what you dont know" that sounds like something out of wwe when a heel turns on the crowd.

[@itztm7232]

I thought Seth Rollins was gonna hit soemone in the back with a chair

[@drewwinchester4221]

Lmfao

[@Jackson-mi3dr]

“ You’re making the worst decision of your life “

[@joshjarman8685]

Montreal screw job? Lmao

[@repost_6337]

Lol

[@2899928999]

this is one of the hardest things I ever watched

[@ihatezen]

KyliesandTygas Baby ruthless

[@stlcardinals251]

Destroyed a brotherhood

[@deeznutz5323]

Manny Garza lol bully

[@EddLiam]

The Batman dj Akademiks little brother

[@yogibear8676]

Zen Master try hard

[@Rootword7]

In the background: “We wanna know... who’s gettin’ paid off?” That dude knows.

[@aguyfromnothere]

He knows nothing about how the world works.

[@Rootword7]

@@aguyfromnothere He knows that colleges see students as commodities... you fuckin donkey.

[@notbeingcensored9039]

@@aguyfromnothere You always this dumb?

[@dustrr]

@@notbeingcensored9039 lmao what do you know about how the world works? quit being negative and go get some pussy or something damn....

[@TalmboutJonAfrica]

@@notbeingcensored9039 while he may know how football programs work I guarantee you a lot of these dudes are incredibly naive about the real world.

[@ryangust757]

“You have a couple of years at this program, I have 42” “Fuck 42” I’m dead 💀

[@jrose7762]

bro that shit got me dead fuck 42 years of ya life basically dude funny ash

[@ALKOne-qf8kb]

Timestamp

[@etempt8218]

@@ALKOne-qf8kb 9:30

[@ALKOne-qf8kb]

@@etempt8218 thanks

[@ALKOne-qf8kb]

@@etempt8218 thanks

[@circeh9499]

My father is the man that founded the UAB football program in 1989, Jim Hilyer. We were destroyed by this announcement. He was in tears. He put his blood, money, sweat, and tears into building that program up from nothing, just to see Ray Watts, a pig of a human being, eliminate the football program after a bowl-eligible season edit: It's amazing to see this video and this comment getting so much attention after all these years. My dad is 85 now, retired from coaching completely, but he still loves and would die for this team and so would I. Blaze on, Forever!

[@neverbackdown1918]

Chase Hilyer I’m glad the team is back and now 8-4!!!

[@tigerwareagle1485]

I hope this team never goes away again. I’m an Auburn fan and I would hope UAB and Auburn play every year to help pay the program instead of the inbred spoiled rich kids at UAT.

[@weagle2323]

@@tigerwareagle1485 War Eagle

[@Graphics_Card]

Chase Hilyer wow that’s good to know

[@33alltheway14]

@@neverbackdown1918 they suckin ass this year

[@namnguyen844]

Hardest thing for an athlete, is telling them they can’t play

[@Dylan_The_Car_Dealer]

Speaking so much truth

[@monkas7270]

these guys are some crybabies lol especially the fifth year senior at the start 😂😂 does that baby need his diaper changed? lmaooo

[@devintrill9513]

@@monkas7270 lmao u try being in his position.

[@uPSIDEdOWN577]

@@monkas7270 he probably more hurt than any of them. He knows he’s not going pro. That was it for him. He probably played his last down

[@ryzerch2124]

@@uPSIDEdOWN577 his name is Ty young and hes a punter in the NFL so he actually did go pro

[@JSalonsky]

Dude in the green jacket already transferring LOL

[@kingl5523]

That boy hitting up them recruiting coaches 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheoryofUltran]

Which one? There were two guys with green jackets

[@tristandavon381]

@@TheoryofUltran lmao sign out please

[@yungtd103]

Dawg been texting the assistant coach

[@JSalonsky]

@Jacob Sirak he will remember the comradery and fun times

[@josephhansonito4822]

This is why college football is the best sport. Relationships. Brotherhood. Family. Hate to see this happen.

[@austin1470]

So true! What makes college football amazing as well is that the UAB community rallied together and got this team back and it's looking like UAB could go to a bowl game after being shutdown just three years ago. What a turnaround and that's why college football is so special

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Joseph Hansonito those happen in the nfl

[@sgtplaya7]

college and pro are both looked as a business by the owners thats why alot of time high school is where its at its not about the money where someone is going to get traded or cut or the athletes just exploited for money in college

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Football is just a sport that is naturally about teamwork. It forms families, at whatever skill level.

[@kadengubbels9230]

Joseph Hansonito and baseball also you create that special bond

[@johnbreslin5153]

white dude who did most of the talking is a leader

[@americancow9055]

he’s actually in the nfl now on the chargers

[@nicholascastle1018]

Heck yeah he is. I’m glad to hear that he has a career in the nfl noe

[@Yessumm]

@@americancow9055 what’s his name?

[@shrekproductions3256]

@@Yessumm ty long he’s are punter

[@johnbreslin5153]

@Jose relax big guy

[@koppey87]

Y’all realize this is how politicians are too they don’t gaf about anyone but themselves

[@breadophile]

yup the money they can make for themselves by exploiting the actual talented hardworkers. it's fucked up how this world is run.

[@wearefucked7244]

Left and right are both fucked up and have their fucked up agendas to kill us all and enslave us through the illusion of freedom. “It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to see it” - George Carlin.

[@AkimboJV]

Yup. The problem with politics is that money is involved. money always comes first and these politicians never have to feel the negative impacts their decisions make. But we do. We’re the ones who have to adjust to their tug of war bullshit. Not them. Their bank accounts will always be full no matter what because they always do what will generate the most money. And money attracts corruption and don’t get me started on that lol.

[@Zx14rrrrrrrrrrr]

9:57 Trump uses this line every speech 😂

[@theoutkasts8720]

It’s true, money runs the world The people get shitted on EVERY RACE we’re all humans with feelings and need to work together I watch football(European) but this hurts man These teams are a brotherhood

[@puttyfishman]

That is exactly how i imagined a person crushing a bunch of teenage and early 20s young mens dreams would look.

[@abmscooter7053]

📖 🐐

[@loridrayton9440]

They WILL SUCCEED AT ALL THEY DO.

[@DavidWhite-rr9em]

They need an education. That was school is for.

[@shariffwashington1107]

He did this like a straight politician. When he said nobody cares more about UAB then him he had to leave cause he was about to get smashed!!

[@stevvejobss]

Exactly

[@michaelb6349]

He said he cares about UAB, not UAB football

[@BigMuggs21]

Phone at to god he’s retarded 😂 shoulda just emailed them or sum. Everyone in their is big, fast, strong, tall etc. and you’re gonna tell these athletes than

[@ONCICOLA]

@@michaelb6349 exactly, cause he don’t care about the program cause he’s a piece of crap.

[@ryanfrank8550]

Jordan Howard was on that team

[@shamwow5201]

Ryan Frank Jemarcus Nelson too

[@moonpuppy9919]

Ryan Frank then he went to IU which helped me, but yea this is fucked up

[@fruitcups4682]

Ryan Frank damn things turned out okay for him though

[@colinbock4357]

it inspired him

[@chadkroeger2335]

Royce Krueger you what

[@iamnani_9111]

I don’t even play football but this makes me pissed

[@skydoesgames9437]

@@davidcarlos9017 are you stupid? These people solely went to this college to play football. High schools and middle schools play football why would they need to cut football out of their budget. All you need is a shitty field. They can raise money fund raisers etc.

[@skydoesgames9437]

@@davidcarlos9017 you’d be sad if you worked 24/7 in the weight room and doing conditioning every day. Football isn’t just for fun it’s a experience it’s a brotherhood.

[@skydoesgames9437]

@@davidcarlos9017 that’s exactly what I’m saying? It’s a brotherhood I would be mad and sad if I traveled lhundreds of thousands miles to this college because they offered my a scholarship to play football then be informed after years of hard work that the work I put into becoming the best is all cancelled for what so they can afford a new smart board?

[@e._.phewap3214]

Bro why everyone in this comment section going into details 😂

[@iamnani_9111]

@@e._.phewap3214 exactly I’m just sitting here like damn y’all fighting in my comment non stop

[@llamaman431]

The old man can't relate because he has no emotions left

[@jaxonmullins2875]

Facts

[@usa5439]

Big ups liquid richard

[@llamaman431]

@suka lamink oh mahhh Lord

[@DankIord]

Big ups to Samuel Richard McGravy Chillistein the V6th

[@NotANameist]

Someone got to make tough decisions, world ain’t unicorns and rainbows

[@zackslay2938]

Imagine standing up there getting flamed by everyone in the room

[@nocarebutyes3436]

Politicians don’t care that’s why they always do it

[@randyhall161]

He just went home and slept on his money bags.

[@CarlDouglasJr]

@@randyhall161 facts 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@davidlabranche4266]

Unfortunately he has no spine

[@nunyabizness9400]

That guy is making a healthy 6 figures, if not 7...I'd do it for that.

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

That's Crazy. They just cut the entire program. That's Ridiculous.

[@bubba20004]

NBW DOUGHBOY their back now

[@ryankenny551]

They came back

[@josephcastro9237]

They are back

[@djhenyo]

Good! Football is a piece of shit sport that is filled to the brim with woman beaters, rapists, absent fathers, and people who should by all means be labelled as felons for life but are let off the hook easy because some billionaire team owner hired a million-dollar lawyer for them to have an undeserved "Get out of Jail Free" card. Furthermore, it creates a very toxic, anti-intellectual environment on campus by leaving an open invitation for future woman beaters, rapists, absent fathers, and likely future felons to attend classes and act like they deserve some decent place in American society. Players are given a free pass on having shitty grades, free passes for not just bad but horribly criminal behavior, and basically allowed to do almost anything they like on campus for absolutely no reason other than the fact that they just so happen to spend lots of time playing a game that was designed for children and was adored by blithering, drunk retards. Notice the use of the word "was" in that last sentence. Thank you God and Jesus Christ for sending Colin Kaepernick into the NFL and starting the unstoppable chain reaction which will without any doubt completely destroy everything that league used to be. UAB is doing nothing wrong in any way with this move to cut the program; they are simply correcting a terrible injustice which has been forced on the students who actually go to the school for the right reasons, and they are taking away the ridiculously stupid free lunch ticket that all of the ogre-looking pieces of shit on the gridiron should have never been given in the first place. Next step is to cut about half of the Liberal Arts "education" programs and then the school will be able to start returning back to a place of knowledge instead of the place of feelings and football jocks that it devolved into over the last fifty years.

[@Nick_4545]

djhenyo if you feel so strongly about this maybe instead of wishing they should cut football and liberal arts programs. Then here's a thought that may have not crossed your hard headed mind, put yourself out in the forefront of cutting programs and make your voice heard rather than just bitching about it over a KZbin comment. If you feel so strongly about what you're preaching here then you should have no problem getting a group together to end football and liberal arts programs but hey if you just wanna bitch about it over the internet then be my guest but either handle the shit your so fired up about or stop bitching

[@zacharyjones7948]

Him trying to prove that "he knows how they feel" automatically makes me lose all respect for him and disregard what he has to say. There's NO way he can truly understand. Him saying he does shows he's just saying random shit

[@kidmmafan3679]

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[@emmanuelmty22]

Lmao what else is he supposed to say ?

[@rdlsamuels2494]

@@emmanuelmty22 That he doesn't know how they feel. If he were to say that it would show he is actually sincere.

[@ethandg830]

@@rdlsamuels2494 Oh so he’s dead? Good

[@zacharyjones7948]

@@emmanuelmty22 To be honest. I've done it before. It goes something like this. "As much as I truly care about this program, I realize that I could never fully understand how you as a team feel towards these decisions after the countless hours of blood sweat and tears you've poured out for it. I can't blame you if you're angry and I appreciate the passion you have for this program, but I do ask that you work with us through it."

[@SagridTV]

At first, I understood how messed up this was for the guys, but later on as the guys got more detailed with their emotions it made me realize how complex this really is. It's truly fascinating to watch this unfold because it's so damn civil. I couldn't help but notice the guy trying to cancel the program kept saying things like "I have the same passion as you," or "I care as much about UAB as you do" which did nothing but cause uproar. Never tell emotionally charged people that you understand them because even if you did (which likely is not the case), they aren't going to buy it. So sad, so civil, so interesting.

[@Sm31LyxTr33s]

If he had the same passion, he would have been able to sympathize way easier. Dude is a fraud and will always put $ before humanity.

[@bucketman5241]

You know when you get some random guy in a suit that you've never seen before coming to talk to you about funding, its probably over

[@johnthomas6433]

W

[@domjonas]

That was fucked up for real. He just walked out.

[@droidtrooper100]

AjHitEmUp 05 it was fucked up. And yeah, no shit he didnt wanna be a part of it, he didnt care in the first place, you heard what the players said, and how he responded.

[@macon-]

To be fair the players walked out on him to

[@TheClime]

He just ruined their futures?

[@nickiazzetta7814]

Mizaris except for the people that go to college for football you headass

[@WAFFLEBOYPHD]

Mizaris ur dumb..

[@austinebryson8167]

i dont like UAB but i respect those players that video shows so much pation and heart they had for that team

[@joeschmoe2875]

Austine Bryson a lot of pation

[@augustscala5406]

PATION

[@EtuateMoala]

Open pation

[@headhoncho4741]

I like pation

[@CSmith-zi4hr]

Luke Stewart pation?? 😂😂💀💀 You mean passion???

[@danram0617]

As an athlete this video really wakes you up. Sometimes I hate my sport but deep down we all love it.

[@Storm27ification]

Facts. As a athlete myself, we all love it

[@macdoctor562]

This is sad, I have a hard time believing they can't crunch some numbers and save this program. My heart goes out to all these players who put it on the line and are getting screwed over when it's already been proven the numbers where fudged up and the programs not losing money.

[@faiththomas1749]

I'm not a football player ( I'm actually the opposite my dad played ) but that DOES NOT EXCUSE THE FACT that the young men who are playing football at UAB , ARE NOT BEING LiSTENED too by the people ( I can't call them administration nor can I call them "adults " because if they were adults they would've been at least sympathetic , the "suits" in this case aren't being ADULTS they're being money hungry capitalists who aren't concerned with the welfare of the students but the bottom line & ITS A DAMN SHAME #freeuab #holdurheadsblazernation

[@josephcastro9237]

UAB is back tho right

[@ooooo3131]

Prof Finesse1 1 yes gladly we are back I’m a junior #34 inside lindebacker I actually didn’t know this video was here this was when I was a freshman

[@gergassnerg4811]

@ cuz colleges spend a majority of their funds on increasing the amount of board members while increasing their pay as well. greed.

[@josephtaylor2085]

@ of course the fucking eagles fan says something like that

[@VaporingTitan35]

Glad their program is doing good now they deserve it..

[@CloroxBleach-lp3ln]

They deserve every bit of it I agree with you

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

They are going to be in a bowl game.

[@nathank2750]

Clorox Bleach are you everywhere bro

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

Nathan Koch ME?

[@nathank2750]

Pikachu of Texas not trying 2 be a dick but who's name is in my comment

[@zachh13]

There is just so much passion in that room, to much of it for the program to be cut off

[@liantenna585]

Six years later and they've won their second conference championship

[@theoffseason1682]

When he said “Nobody cares more about Uab than I do” nigga I lost my shit 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@King_Karnage]

Shoulda said "Nobody cares more about the money the UAB FB Program brings more than me"

[@natnaelberhanu-i8w]

And then he said I been to every home game

[@vaughnbutler6129]

Thats some raw emotion right there. I feel for those kids and coaches.

[@pggamer3242]

This president or whatever he was wasn't prepared to handle this situation

[@NickyD]

wtf did he expect was gonna happen

[@tylerbruno07]

@@NickyD oh ok cool so the thing we worked all are lives for we just gonna give it up

[@ThemisticShadow]

His dumbass really said he cared more about UAB football more than everyone, when his ass didnt even go to 1 game.

[@mysteriousj3019]

He thought he was just gonna roll in and they would be like "oh, the programs gone? Cool.". That dude is an idiot.

[@jacksonvance7404]

@@NickyD I’d imagine he expected a room full of adults to act like..adults..

[@tima.478]

When a player is talking to a suit, don't waste your time, it's already been decided at that point! Just clean out your locker and don't look back.

[@Willybush]

at least they got to speak their minds

[@captainkerrfluffle8259]

@@Willybush exactly if it's already a wrap may as well get everything off your chest, get catharsis if nothing else

[@statdemon2842]

@@Willybush these types of people hear those speeches hundreds of times over. cooperations don’t give a fuck about its workers. i’m sad for them 😔

[@FollowNdFeel]

truth and it's fucking sad....

[@thaterasound]

Nobody listen to Tim. Because of this outcry and somebody recording it- the public scrutiny was to severe and it was shortly reinstated. The biggest thing we have against suits is public scrutiny which is both good and bad because it can be hijacked by snowflakes (people left or right). But in this instance it worked for the better

[@allenlegacy242]

I'm a diehard LSU/Miami fan, but this was so messed up. Hated seeing and hearing this.

[@williamshirley1173]

Denzell Allen this comment is 2 years old and I’m still gonna respond to it, you can’t be a die hard fan of 2 teams😂 that’s being a band wagon of two bad teams

[@williamshirley1173]

Shawn Blazington Jr clemson since birth, live about 30 minutes away from the campus, my family and I go to every home game, multiple family members have attended clemson for college and it's my dream school as well.

[@brians6726]

William Shirley - Music and Vlogs “shit teams”

[@Curveball]

Denzell Allen, yeah man, I'm a Miami fan, and this was hard to watch. I feel so bad for those guys.

[@nikolas1234ify]

William Shirley - Music and Vlogs number 2 ranked but were shit lmao sit down

[@innda6]

This is sad 😔 Some of them look at football as “This all I got” and for that to get taken away from them is sad

[@sarutobi43]

Well I mean you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket

[@jeffy7621]

@@sarutobi43 sometimes u dont got alot of eggs

[@sarutobi43]

@@jeffy7621 I don't believe that. These guys are taking it as if their life is over. And I'm not trying to like downplay their passion, but for example, if you're not setting your life up in other aspects when disasters like this happen then you shouldn't be too surprised.

[@ivannieves320]

Capman Floyd you just don’t get it, how would you like to bust your ass off too your dream job and all that hard work for them just to cut you off and say I like you man but money is more important to me

[@sarutobi43]

@@ivannieves320 i currently bust my ass in my current job. But if they fired me today I have a plan b and c.

[@danielsantamaria2468]

make a 30 for 30 on UAB football

[@smove_lykes]

The players calling Cap on everything he’s saying.

[@phillipsosa3353]

He's holding that water bottle like a microphone it's really bothering me lol. So glad UAB got their football program back tho. I used to pick UAB in NCAA cause they had dope colors and uniforms

[@Rondu01]

Real talk right there! They playbook on NCAA 14 was 🔥.

[@ExtremeStuntMan100]

That black man hit me hard man... What a G wow

[@trent6972]

ExtremeStuntMan100 true

[@benleshgold4522]

Why did one dude go “what is we gon play rugby?”

[@justinjones143]

I was going to leave but I gotta hear this lol

[@ivedagreat6982]

I play rugby, best sports culture hands down

[@justinjones143]

No cap i didn't even hear it lol

[@benleshgold4522]

@lebronhoward yeah bro that’s messed

[@ajsalinas8418]

@lebronhoward White dominated, when most players are minorities?

[@sneakgamecrazy]

the last older guy with the kid fighting for the young guys and everybody made me bawl. i haven’t done that in a while holy shit. he said exactly what needed to be said. i hope he’s doing amazing rn

[@anonymousshovel]

Fr does anyone have an update on him?

[@pj4999]

@@anonymousshovel no, but the white guy who spoke a lot is a punter on the chargers

[@natnaelberhanu-i8w]

Yeah he's currently the TE coach at the same school

[@sneakgamecrazy]

@False Flag yeah idk what to say watching this again. just to ruin a whole class of kids just tryna do their thing. i hope they’re all doing amazing still. for some suit to sound like a straight up dumbass and just try to ruin those kids life. fuck him

[@sneakgamecrazy]

absolute dumbass. i hope most got in somewhere else but ik they probably didn’t cause he fucked them all over. not an easy thing to do at all and he doesn’t care in the slightest

[@youtubertbhlol]

Almost cried for that guy with the son and I don’t even cry in sad movies this is sad. Glad that they are back tho. Also, think about the seniors and the people that worked and worked just to see the program get destroyed

[@Ez0ter1c]

Cuz movies fake n this sum real world life shit i agree tho im unemotional asf my eyes got lil teary

[@jacobdubois1151]

No cap I wanted to find some kind of go fund me for the vet with the 3 yr old son man but then I found out white guy that went over to him and comforted him is a starting punter for the chargers so he prolly helps out already

[@Sora_Nai]

I dont get it he acted as if he got paid to be there and him being fired meant no food for his child but its just a club on the other hand he's 27 wtf is he doing playing ball he should be studying and getting his life together, especially since he's a vet.

[@jerathan412]

@@Sora_Nai Did you listen to anything he fucking said?

[@AseAseAse33]

Bro I teared up like a mf

[@franco6734]

Who is here in 2020

[@jacksonsebastiani5023]

What happened??

[@chrisandwest]

Idk why this came up now 5 years later but damn it hit the feels button

[@franco6734]

@@chrisandwest yes it does

[@Palmiscianoleo]

Not me

[@EricSmith870.]

I’m from 2029. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@toffeelatte6042]

Man I love these players. These aren't kids, they're real men. Fiercely defending how much effort and work they've put in and the bit that finished me off was watching them all fiercely defend their coaches. This is so sad.

[@alexescutia4805]

Not just for them straight telling this suit what their coaches did for them and the program and what they sacrificed

[@toffeelatte6042]

@Esteban Bigly Ironically, that is EXACTLY who the suits in all this could be personified as. If you can't see that, you're a terrible human being.

[@dhdhdhbdbdhdgdhdhdhdhdhd5621]

@Esteban Bigly because someone tried too take the thing that could change there life away from them they handled this like real men no violence just talking

[@jack.20f74]

@Esteban Bigly I can tell just by your ignorant comment that you would have tried to fight the dude in the suit if you had to deal with what they did. If I was an NFL scout, I'd write down those 3 guys that spoke up for their team, and in defense of their coaches, and keep them in the back of my mind. Very few players in the NFL have this kind of passion anymore. They lose it all when they get their first paycheck. I can tell by that veteran, and the 5th year senior, they'll cherish every moment they get on an NFL field.

[@fbiagent2848]

“You don’t know what you don’t know.” Alright socarates, let your teammates talk

[@Shinnyy]

did you hear the administrator say that at the beginning? i think the teammate may have just been confused about wtf that means you know?

[@JunkBondTrader]

@@Shinnyy nah he knew. He was using the guys own words against him, to say "it goes both ways", like "you don't know the passion, how seriously we take this, what it means to us", etc. While the CEO dude probably mean "you don't know the budget constraints, or the financial situation"

[@Shinnyy]

@@JunkBondTrader ahh okay understandable

[@davidlabranche4266]

😂😂😂

[@h3llboyyy407]

lmfao

[@osu5inarow]

Gutless just gutless and for him to boast his 42 years and to walkout like that gutless.

[@GeoJesse]

Well to be fair at that point it had become too chaotic. Him being there wasn’t accomplishing anything.

[@headassp5072]

Who cuttin onions

[@vektorog]

head ass p fr, them shits making my eyes sweat

[@uJustGotDroppdGaming]

Underrated . Lol

[@tooshifty3350]

Right 😂

[@convulted5191]

head ass p

[@jamesleonard98]

My butt cheeks

[@ronniethomas7925]

The worst thing Watts could have said was the one where he said he loved UAB more than anyone. He cant sit there and tell me he loves that school more than those players. They put the uniform on that says UAB on the front of it every day and go play their hearts out for a school where the president doesn't support them. I am happy that the program is in the process of coming back. #freeuab

[@DaxSports1]

They said they've never seen his face before all notion that he loved UAB more than anyone was mute at that point.

[@alexescutia4805]

@@DaxSports1 for real if you love the school how the holy hell these dudes a 5th year senior included never seen you

[@dylanyewchyn6851]

That dude sittin in the chair on his phone like “we going to a different school” 😂

[@sirmag1735]

I'm not whatsoever an emotional guy, but I felt that room. And those emotions

[@cyberslumz]

Sociopath 😋?

[@logan9935]

And now they have 7 wins and possibly more

[@grimis7784]

Logan Hardin glad their a football team

[@selrandolph]

Logan Hardin :)))

[@Sean-vz9ij]

Logan Hardin bowl eligibility too

[@optic_pyramid954]

Is there team back playing or did they still end the program?

[@Sean-vz9ij]

Dacey Hill yeah there back and better than they have been

[@chattiermike140]

This is a sad video but the dude in the back saying “we playing rugby?” at 1:58 got me rolling

[@iamjp1]

i didn’t catch that lol

[@JacobMeza-pro-footballer]

lmao I just heard the snickering following that as well

[@ObiWanKenobi]

Even the fifth year senior was laughing

[@chanbirdy]

it was my senior year at college when covid hit and they cancelled our season. it’s real pain these players felt, respect to all of them for expressing themselves

[@stlcardinals251]

you've been here 4 years. I've been here 42 years"Fuck 42"

[@ohhdeandre1447]

I just realized this is old 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ohhdeandre1447]

It’s still bs

[@dmello3081]

Their back now

[@diauntefather]

You know this happened, and I heard this from someone who lives next to the university, they did this to help fund the University of Alabama football program.

[@treautupuola3976]

Same bruh 😂 looking through the comments like this was just posted yesterday realizing people commented a year ago

[@thabiggest6ix]

Dre Mosley that moment where they are 7-3 now

[@DrFred-rk2zq]

This guy didnt even care. Rode home in a new car to a million dollar house after dropping this bombshell. No respect for uab

[@610vatorspeed7]

They were terminated in 2014 and shortly reinstated in 2017 and won a conference championship and a bowl in 2018 these guys have heart way to go!!!

[@BlueshirtFan4Ever]

He absolutely fucked this program in all aspects out of that announcement. This was just uncalled for. For them to shut down the football program for unforeseen circumstances, was just despicable. Now this shit has got me so fuckin' hot and so angry that I wish if I was there and they said they're going to shut out any sport... I would've just went off!!! The UAB president should be ashamed of himself for stripping those players their football livelihoods and possibly their NFL futures. Just makes me absolutely sick!!!

[@phannypack3951]

NYRfan845 if they were any good they will transfer easily.

[@jpkilloran7027]

phanny pack it’s not about that they were a brotherhood they loved each other it’s hard to transfer to another team after going through so much shit with your guys

[@thecartorr9521]

.

[@tannergould6183]

I didn't know providing a free college education to an entire team that no longer has to play football was taking their livelihoods lmfao. Idiots

[@jpkilloran7027]

Tanner Gould stupid comment

[@uncleluke7789]

Here’s another thing. This effects fans, the coaches and players and the university. Fans cheering there heart out. Players playing there heart out. College Football is a sport that brings everyone together.

[@monkas7270]

Uncle Luke these guys are some crybabies lmaooooo the school should use that saved money to hire a nanny who can come change their dirty diapers 😂😂😂

[@uncleluke7789]

@@monkas7270 as much as I feel bad for them personally you seriously made me almost die of laughter

[@ItzzTesta]

You should go back to school and learn how to spell

[@Chris-pv6vv]

Clearly the fans wasnt going to the games and spending money on the football program

[@ogp3321]

@@monkas7270 Did you play college football? Did you have to do the work and physical pain that these players went through? Or are you sitting here calling players(who risk their mental and physical health doing this)who literally just got their football program cut crybabies?

[@epicfilmz3943]

Heart goes to Uab football but also hostfra another college football program that got shut down Truly sad and crushing for the young men who played their hearts out for that school

[@sage1k89]

James Woodard yea I live really close to hofstra

[@jarjarkinks716]

Sdollaz TV that Hofstra stuff is bs man. Where you from? I go to kellenberg btw

[@michealb8868]

NYC football is trash though bro its all about basketball up north hoftstra is also trying change its image and become a more academic focus school so they rather spent miney hiring better professors but sucks though I think fordham and columbia might be only schools with programs

[@sage1k89]

Jar Jar Kinks I go to baldwin

[@petereatsprotein]

Jar Jar Kinks hahahaha wtf me too who r u

[@johngiles8399]

I didn’t know John McCain could cancel football

[@JackStClair-re8py]

😂😂

[@andrewandrew4970]

John McCain did try to outlaw MMA in the 90s.

[@rurexdane5089]

@Taylor C he died of brain cancer

[@astora4671]

He’d at least be classy about it, this is disrespectful

[@michaelacheampong2869]

😄😄😄😄

[@MemphisRecordingService]

This shit is sad as fuck.... I respect everyone in that room (except for the owner)

[@alexander.inzunza]

Apparently the director is closing the football program.

[@ericfisher2819]

owner ? lmao

[@ericfisher2819]

you mean the AD bruh

[@barrettmask708]

At least they brought it back and now they are 6-3 I highly respect them

[@HogRidaaa]

Suh Dude the owner?

[@LucidDream]

I'm a Vols fan personally, but I really admire these young men. They are very passionate about the game and each other as a family. It is true, when you are a part of something for a long time...those people become your family. Some of what they said even inspired me. Those of the kinds of players you want on your team and at your program to begin with. I can understand their pain in having something like that just taken away, after the school gave them a scholarship to play there. Respect.

[@TheCoachHill]

One there players came to Georgia and played his final year , he was a beast. But I'm glad to see UAB BACK

[@Diallelus]

Jake Ganus! Damn good Dawg too!

[@neverbackdown1918]

The Beast Bailey yeah and Jordan Howard (NFL now) played for Indiana!!! They had some good players!!! Glad to see they are bow elegible

[@RainzUp]

This turned into a motivational football movie scene at 6:48. Hope all of these guys are doing well for themselves now. This is just another example of how college is a business at the end of the day and students are seen as customers, not the future of this nation.

[@aolson1111]

School exists for EDUCATION, not football, dumbshit.

[@DGAF_AK87]

@@aolson1111 You do realize that school athletics is the main money maker right?

[@kwesi7994]

@@aolson1111 yk a lot of people get scholarships for sports?

[@yaboicams8083]

Bruh in the red in the back felt every word he said

[@roxastherogue]

man i love every football team in alabama and when i found out uab cut football..... when i had friends who wanted to play there i just still cant believe it.i cant even image what the players are feeling, go blazers!

[@andrewwaltrip8552]

roxas the rogue they coming back 2015

[@roxastherogue]

Andrew Waltrip I KNOW CANT WAIT

[@25dramamomma]

roxas the rogue me too #GoBlazers

[@roxastherogue]

The GuyThatMakesFootballVideos imma check out your channel, i love football

[@25dramamomma]

roxas the rogue ok sounds good thanks for the support

[@allisontallantmcculley1047]

When that player spoke about being in Iraq, I started crying. I could hear his pain and it broke my heart

[@TheDrunkPatriot]

I just want to say at the time of this video they had golf as a sport... GOLF

[@MrJake5141]

I love you lol lol

[@SensitiveHomie310]

a sport LOL

[@mskgify]

Captain Crunch golf is such an easy sport to fund tho

[@irisparmar3977]

Smokey golf is a sport, and it is physical bc of arms and my older sister team makes them walk 18 holes unless they play ,ore for practice and it is easy to fund for bc u take a car not a bus so I do understand

[@aaron8977]

Golf is popular and it probably still brings in more money then their football team

[@conferencecommandos8576]

That dude had to head out because he was about to get absolutely BLASTED

[@OCBodyBuilders]

One of my best friends. Plays for UAB now. Glad to see the football program back on its feet. Respect that school a lot

[@mcnuttgaming3377]

I’m from Birmingham and it pissed me off but they back now but man he screwed then seniors out of the NFL

[@aidenc6163]

That soldiers story is so sad

[@7mikepd]

that second guy to ask questions is way smarter that the administrator. bringing up the economic impact and the fact that they never asked the team to come up with a plan fix the problem or fundraise or anything. And wow that was the stupidest way you could react to an emotional veteran.... basically saying I'm better than all of you.

[@lrc3847]

And those "administrators" at the end shown up how incapable they are. In the soccer we suffer that a LOT.

[@7mikepd]

@@lrc3847 I hear you. I'm a wrestler. I've seen a lot of teams cut, despite those teams being able to fund their own program. There is always something political secretly happening.

[@RockSmithStudio]

It's amazing how this program was dead 4 years ago and now they won their conference championship. That's movie material one day

[@DCspinelli27]

5th years man

[@locomojoboy2]

I remember when schools cut out their music and arts programs so that they could spend more on their sports programs instead. Never thought they’d end up doing the same to their athletic department.

[@locomojoboy2]

@Just Jeff other schools in general. Even though it’s just a movie, Mr. Holland’s Opus does a great job showing that the issues of cutbacks, etc to music education programs was a very real thing.

[@smarterthanyoure]

@@locomojoboy2 that's very generalized, so I'll generalize what I've seen even in rural Alabama. When the sports programs get money, so does the band program, meaning so does the music programs in general at the school. So I don't see what you mean.

[@tylermorro6663]

This is coming from a North Texas (a fellow C-USA member school) student, I have nothing but respect for these kids, their passion and dedication to their craft & the reincarnation and subsequent comeback of the Blazers football program. Too bad a few of their wins have come at our expense since the team returned, but we need a 30 for 30 on this program comeback. I'm happy that they've enjoyed as much success as they have since their return to football. These kids really deserved better than this, always breaks my heart watching this video :(

[@boondock1355]

Damn it man...I can’t imagine moving across the country to play football for a school and then they do that shit! It just makes me think of all the kids now during coronavirus that didn’t get to even play their final games. So sad man!

[@muhnson6518]

This is 5 years but but yeah its sad. The first guy to stand up to for them is ty long and hes on the chargers now.

[@birdsfanunfortunately5185]

there’s something about political people and business people that are just creepy.

[@robertmurphy8384]

Ikr money is power

[@certifiedbeaut1325]

A lot of studies show that a lot of the people in those positions tick all the boxes to be considered sociopaths

[@robertmurphy8384]

@benny pitt ok politician ;) lol

[@robertmurphy8384]

@@certifiedbeaut1325 interesting. U have any of those studies

[@hiTCAM00]

@@robertmurphy8384 no he doesn’t because it’s not real They act like politicians can’t have a heart

[@abickell6326]

White guy talking is in the NFL now kicking

[@xVibur]

Who is it

[@austinmcbarner6648]

@@xVibur Ty Long, Punter

[@abickell6326]

@@xVibur ty long he plays for the chargers

[@slat.r]

What a fuckin story wow good for bro

[@Djsoluiuc]

Jordan Howard starting rb was on this team

[@jaylonmartin8333]

This video is just pure human emotion. I’m not huge on football so I can’t really speak on their sport, but their passion and drive to make a program that they knew was dying work out the best they can only to have it end on them is devastating. They handled this awful news the best way they could. It destroys me to know these people who gave their hearts to this program just lost it all at the end. So upsetting man.

[@RunRandolphRun]

That voice at 2:48 had me sit up right . That’s the ultimate coach voice I swear 😂😂😭😭

[@an_what]

10:02 when you’re in a room full of hostile people and they’re hostile at you, it’s not time to say you care more than everybody else especially if you’re an absentee president!

[@jacksonb5878]

Out of all the vids ive watched on youtube this one gets to me

[@itzshft]

Yep

[@djwhorercore5349]

Nat Peterson your super privileged then... 1st world problems

[@ppunkmonkk]

covid messed up my whole senior year of football. i felt this.

[@cesarsantana7563]

:(

[@tkthrowback2345]

Sorry bro, I was homeless for my senior year in 2012. I was a starter and had to get a job as a dish washer just so I could eat. I missed a couple games and just decided I couldn’t play anymore. Shit happens but I promise you’ll get another shot if you go the college route.

[@cincoboy3964]

I’m really sorry to hear that.

[@livelyupmyself1]

America messed up COVID.

[@therotaryguy1863]

I’ve been blessed to have a my football senior year but it was only 6 games since some schools opted out to play in the spring but idc I’m beyond blessed to have a senior season