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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 104647" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>It was a great way to build fans. In fact I think the GTAA might be able to find a way to be inventive enough to try and find things that replicate or update this old lost tradition. Bobby Dodd @ HGF is a great resource for its location, history, the skyline surrounding it. Obviously NCAA rules and the fact freshmen now play means nothing as nice as this can be created where you get current UGA and Tech players competing in any formal way. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could come up with something off the top of my head . . . </p><p></p><p>Maybe set up for some intramural squads or UGA and GT legacy former players in a touch or flag football match. You could even make it coed with any former UGA or GT letter winners able to play in events. That could be cool to get some Olympic medal winners as well as other legacy players from both schools to participate in kickball, softball, or flag football or whatever. Maybe Dominique Wilkins would show up and play flag football across from John Salley. Put in some kid events down on the field (tug-of-war, sack races, their own flag football or other matches).</p><p></p><p>Let ex coaches be the refs (get Bobby Cremins and Hugh Durham out there as Final Four coaches and Vince Dooley and Bobby Ross can flip the coin as MNC football championship coaches). </p><p> </p><p>But, I am really thinking of the way the Shriners were involved so the charitable aspect of their children's hospitals would be the really important angle. Tied in with a charity with local appeal and that can help promote it as well as draw the former UGA and Tech players out to play. I bet you could field squads just of ex players from both schools nostalgic for having themselves played in the Freshman game. Then the GTAA places ticket reps working the stands handing out 50% off coupons for regular season ticket purchases or something like special discount to "first-time" season ticket holders, discounts for youth and pee wee groups, etc.</p><p></p><p>Make it Thanksgiving Day again and it will draw a great crowd and revive a lost tradition that I recall as having as much to do with community and charity for kids as it did being a UGA or GT college football fan. It was good for Atlanta in general.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 104647, member: 231"] It was a great way to build fans. In fact I think the GTAA might be able to find a way to be inventive enough to try and find things that replicate or update this old lost tradition. Bobby Dodd @ HGF is a great resource for its location, history, the skyline surrounding it. Obviously NCAA rules and the fact freshmen now play means nothing as nice as this can be created where you get current UGA and Tech players competing in any formal way. I wish I could come up with something off the top of my head . . . Maybe set up for some intramural squads or UGA and GT legacy former players in a touch or flag football match. You could even make it coed with any former UGA or GT letter winners able to play in events. That could be cool to get some Olympic medal winners as well as other legacy players from both schools to participate in kickball, softball, or flag football or whatever. Maybe Dominique Wilkins would show up and play flag football across from John Salley. Put in some kid events down on the field (tug-of-war, sack races, their own flag football or other matches). Let ex coaches be the refs (get Bobby Cremins and Hugh Durham out there as Final Four coaches and Vince Dooley and Bobby Ross can flip the coin as MNC football championship coaches). But, I am really thinking of the way the Shriners were involved so the charitable aspect of their children's hospitals would be the really important angle. Tied in with a charity with local appeal and that can help promote it as well as draw the former UGA and Tech players out to play. I bet you could field squads just of ex players from both schools nostalgic for having themselves played in the Freshman game. Then the GTAA places ticket reps working the stands handing out 50% off coupons for regular season ticket purchases or something like special discount to "first-time" season ticket holders, discounts for youth and pee wee groups, etc. Make it Thanksgiving Day again and it will draw a great crowd and revive a lost tradition that I recall as having as much to do with community and charity for kids as it did being a UGA or GT college football fan. It was good for Atlanta in general. [/QUOTE]
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