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<blockquote data-quote="LT 1967" data-source="post: 977706" data-attributes="member: 6582"><p>Everyone is probably ready for the leftovers from Thanksgiving Dinner. However, let me add a little reading material to the conversation. See the two attachments. First one is from Coach Dodd's book and the second one is from Homer Rice's book.</p><p></p><p>Coach Dodd gives more detail concerning the SEC Vote. The Headlines said that GT resigned before the vote. Not exactly according to Coach Dodd.</p><p>Also, see the comments in Coach Dodd's book that the 140 rule needed to be discarded or the annual max of 45 needed to be reduced. </p><p></p><p>In Dr. Rice's book he notes that the SEC dropped the annual max from 45 to 40 prior to the recruiting cycle of 1964 which was probably summer or early Fall?? This was only a few months after the January meeting when we resigned. Mitchell Ginn also says in his article for the Tech Alumni Magazine that Dr. Rose of Alabama had gotten an agreement from the SEC Presidents in January that the annual max could be dropped from 45 to 40, but the140 total to remain. To me that would seem to be a reasonable compromise. </p><p></p><p>The proposal at 40/140 is close to the same differential as the current 25/85. The 40/140 rule results in 20 extra players over 4 years or 5 per year allowed for attrition. The current 25/85 rule results in 15 extra players over 4 years or 3.75 per year. This would definitely result in fewer players for other SEC schools to recruit and cull out of the program.</p><p></p><p>I assume Dr. Davidson was in the President's meeting in January, so I surmise that the reduction to 40 per year was not low enough or Tech's demand was to drop the 140 or else. Some of the other SEC members saw it as an ultimatum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LT 1967, post: 977706, member: 6582"] Everyone is probably ready for the leftovers from Thanksgiving Dinner. However, let me add a little reading material to the conversation. See the two attachments. First one is from Coach Dodd's book and the second one is from Homer Rice's book. Coach Dodd gives more detail concerning the SEC Vote. The Headlines said that GT resigned before the vote. Not exactly according to Coach Dodd. Also, see the comments in Coach Dodd's book that the 140 rule needed to be discarded or the annual max of 45 needed to be reduced. In Dr. Rice's book he notes that the SEC dropped the annual max from 45 to 40 prior to the recruiting cycle of 1964 which was probably summer or early Fall?? This was only a few months after the January meeting when we resigned. Mitchell Ginn also says in his article for the Tech Alumni Magazine that Dr. Rose of Alabama had gotten an agreement from the SEC Presidents in January that the annual max could be dropped from 45 to 40, but the140 total to remain. To me that would seem to be a reasonable compromise. The proposal at 40/140 is close to the same differential as the current 25/85. The 40/140 rule results in 20 extra players over 4 years or 5 per year allowed for attrition. The current 25/85 rule results in 15 extra players over 4 years or 3.75 per year. This would definitely result in fewer players for other SEC schools to recruit and cull out of the program. I assume Dr. Davidson was in the President's meeting in January, so I surmise that the reduction to 40 per year was not low enough or Tech's demand was to drop the 140 or else. Some of the other SEC members saw it as an ultimatum. [/QUOTE]
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