I don't get your point - the people who are pissed off are the students and faculty of UVA. There are also many Virginians who have no association with UVA who are pissed off (including myself; I attended Virginia Tech and lived in Virginia for the vast majority of my life).
So what's different between the Board of Visitors, and for example, the California Board of Regents? CA BoR is pretty despised by faculty and students alike.
The fundamental problem, I think, is the Board of Visitors model for running public universities. We had serious problems with this back in 2003 at Virginia Tech (http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/1171/board-of-visitor...).