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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 425134" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>I never stated it didn't have the capacity. I stated that this is simply the current way of thinking that has been ingrained in them for years now. As that age group ages matures, and their values change, (as our values changed as we aged and matured), then some will undoubtedly change their allegiances to GT. Some because they go to school here, or their kids go to school here, some because they like what it stands for, some simply because they move to Atlanta and choose to follow the hometown team. That being said, my larger point remains. Since we are a school that will not sell out for sake of wins on a football field, we will not be overly attractive to the under 20 crowd without some other tie to the school. My point was meant as a reference to their current state, not their possible future. That being said, the odds are that unless something draws them away from the school they support in their teens, then they will support that school for the rest of their life. And because teens today tend to value winning big over athletic and academic integrity, that puts schools like GT at a decided competitive disadvantage in terms of drawing fans from this particular demographic. But this has been true for a while now, so hopefully TStan has plans to better market GT to the teenagers in Georgia who we need to keep our fanbase going strong and growing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 425134, member: 1191"] I never stated it didn't have the capacity. I stated that this is simply the current way of thinking that has been ingrained in them for years now. As that age group ages matures, and their values change, (as our values changed as we aged and matured), then some will undoubtedly change their allegiances to GT. Some because they go to school here, or their kids go to school here, some because they like what it stands for, some simply because they move to Atlanta and choose to follow the hometown team. That being said, my larger point remains. Since we are a school that will not sell out for sake of wins on a football field, we will not be overly attractive to the under 20 crowd without some other tie to the school. My point was meant as a reference to their current state, not their possible future. That being said, the odds are that unless something draws them away from the school they support in their teens, then they will support that school for the rest of their life. And because teens today tend to value winning big over athletic and academic integrity, that puts schools like GT at a decided competitive disadvantage in terms of drawing fans from this particular demographic. But this has been true for a while now, so hopefully TStan has plans to better market GT to the teenagers in Georgia who we need to keep our fanbase going strong and growing. [/QUOTE]
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