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breaking news UAB Is Shutting Down its Football Program Sports Illustrated and Inside Higher Education are reporting that the University of Alabama Birmingham is preparing to shut down its football program. According to SI "Alabama-Birmingham is firing athletic director Brian Mackin and will announce later this week that it will be shutting down its football program, according to a source familiar with the matter."

What does it cost to have the worst football team in the worst conference in the United States? Part 1 Here is Southern Miss' football stadium on Saturday, November 29, 2014. ... The USA Today released a complete set of information on each institution to the general public. USM shows up at 108th (dropping from the 105th position the prior year) in the overall ranking, after having generated $22,776,416 million in total revenues during 2013. Only $2,930,731 of this total came from ticket sales. Student fees ($6,128,573), school funds ($3,674,201) and "other" funds ($1,228,935) account for more than 48% of the school's total sports revenues.

What does it cost to have the worst football team in the worst conference in the United States? Part 2 Answer: $100,000,000.00
University of Alabama, Birmingham recently made the decision to shut down its football program because it wasn't financially viable. Some commentators have observed that Alabama has two big-money very expensive football teams. It doesn't need another one.

Editorial Gwen Pate Is At It Again Always be cautious about what University of Southern Mississippi administrators say about the University of Southern Mississippi -- particularly inflated claims about quality. Usmnews.net has reported many instances of misrepresen- tations. The recent bloviation by Gwen Pate, Director of School of Accountancy is instructive. She touted a report by "Accounting Degree Review," an unknown organization without credentials or affiliation.

Postscript Gwen Pate Is At It Again Yesterday's report discussed the dubious representations made by Gwen Pate, Director of USM's School of Accountancy, about the School. Not discussed was her claim that the School's accreditation by the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) is additional evidence of the quality of USM' s School

USM Next? UAB recently ended its money losing, mediocre, very expensive football program. Will USM do the same? Here are reasons, from a USM fan, President Bennett should do the same to USM's football program:

An Opportunity to Consider "'Rolling Stone' Account of Rape at UVa Continues to Crumble The Washington Post on Wednesday published new details that cast additional doubts on Rolling Stone magazine's graphic portrayal of an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house.

Dear usmnews.net The fan blogs have been hot with discussions whether Southern Miss has a future in the college sports industry. Many of the fans believe, for a number of reasons, that it does not. I agree with those fans. Earlier this year, The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article How Much Does It Cost to Recruit a Star Athlete?

Holiday Predictions for 2015- part 2, usmnews.net continues to receive predictions for 2015. Please feel free to share your predictions with our readers. 1) Student enrollment will decline for the third year in a row by something between 5% and 7%. President Bennett will continue to offer excuses, while ignoring the fact that Southern Miss is pricing itself out of the market.

Checks and Balances "'As a university president, if you don't look at this report and ask, 'Can I be certain that we have the right checks and balances in place?' you've missed the boat,' one college president said in response to the [UNC-Chapel Hill] investigation [of fake clas ses for atheletes]..." 2014 Influence List: Muckraker, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 15-Dec-2014