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<blockquote data-quote="SOWEGA Jacket" data-source="post: 963322" data-attributes="member: 4334"><p>All true. But what you also have is a pipeline of alumni who see their kids, grandkids, great grandkids all going to that school in that community in that state who then stay in that state to raise the next generation. We see the opposite at GT who prides itself on bringing in kids with no prior affiliation who then leave the state while at the same time ending generations of GT families who become UGA students then fans. I know, I know, the pathway program. Great, but they know full well that most kids who can get into GT have plenty of other offers and aren’t going to abandon the school and friends that showed them love. </p><p></p><p>And it all leads to where we are today - a very small fanbase with more alum who are not fans than alum that are fans while alienating a whole lot of local instate families who will never get over having their kid not get in when they were qualified. I could understand this strategy if we were growing more GT families in New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, etc and adding to our fandom footprint. But after 20-25 years of this strategy, the results are clear - we aren’t growing the fanbase by bringing in out of staters, yet it is clear that GT families have turned into UGA families and these are the people we see everyday and fill up stadiums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SOWEGA Jacket, post: 963322, member: 4334"] All true. But what you also have is a pipeline of alumni who see their kids, grandkids, great grandkids all going to that school in that community in that state who then stay in that state to raise the next generation. We see the opposite at GT who prides itself on bringing in kids with no prior affiliation who then leave the state while at the same time ending generations of GT families who become UGA students then fans. I know, I know, the pathway program. Great, but they know full well that most kids who can get into GT have plenty of other offers and aren’t going to abandon the school and friends that showed them love. And it all leads to where we are today - a very small fanbase with more alum who are not fans than alum that are fans while alienating a whole lot of local instate families who will never get over having their kid not get in when they were qualified. I could understand this strategy if we were growing more GT families in New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, etc and adding to our fandom footprint. But after 20-25 years of this strategy, the results are clear - we aren’t growing the fanbase by bringing in out of staters, yet it is clear that GT families have turned into UGA families and these are the people we see everyday and fill up stadiums. [/QUOTE]
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