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Athletic Dept asked band not to play on 3rd down
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<blockquote data-quote="Vespidae" data-source="post: 256570" data-attributes="member: 2957"><p>I'm not sure why you are so emotional about this. It's just a problem to be solved. </p><p></p><p>It takes a plan, and people, and processes ... to generate a result. GTAA is running what every one else does and it's not effective. You have to do it differently. That's my point. </p><p></p><p>First, the student body has grown. It's 50% MORE than it was in 1980. And attendance is down. So no causal relationship there. Why? It might have something to do with the fact that half of Tech students do not come from Georgia, but rather, surrounding states and other countries. </p><p></p><p>Second, it GTAA wants a bigger fanbase, and it's not the dominate team in the state (in terms of alumni), you have to do a lot of outreach to high schools, civic organization, trade associations, other schools and businesses. A lot. How much do we do? Zero. </p><p></p><p>Third, it's not just about printing tickets. Tech has a far stronger alumni base in terms of $$$, but we do a terrible job tapping into it. It's considered unseemly to ask for money for athletics. </p><p></p><p>Lastly, there are football programs out there with minuscule alumni bases that get almost as many fans to attend as Tech does. I know one program that is not even ten years old and it draws 30,000 a game with an alumni base a fraction of Tech's. </p><p></p><p>Again, it's just a problem to be solved. </p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vespidae, post: 256570, member: 2957"] I'm not sure why you are so emotional about this. It's just a problem to be solved. It takes a plan, and people, and processes ... to generate a result. GTAA is running what every one else does and it's not effective. You have to do it differently. That's my point. First, the student body has grown. It's 50% MORE than it was in 1980. And attendance is down. So no causal relationship there. Why? It might have something to do with the fact that half of Tech students do not come from Georgia, but rather, surrounding states and other countries. Second, it GTAA wants a bigger fanbase, and it's not the dominate team in the state (in terms of alumni), you have to do a lot of outreach to high schools, civic organization, trade associations, other schools and businesses. A lot. How much do we do? Zero. Third, it's not just about printing tickets. Tech has a far stronger alumni base in terms of $$$, but we do a terrible job tapping into it. It's considered unseemly to ask for money for athletics. Lastly, there are football programs out there with minuscule alumni bases that get almost as many fans to attend as Tech does. I know one program that is not even ten years old and it draws 30,000 a game with an alumni base a fraction of Tech's. Again, it's just a problem to be solved. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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