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ESPN: Georgia Tech restoring football program to former glory
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<blockquote data-quote="GTpdm" data-source="post: 616507" data-attributes="member: 1451"><p>That's exactly my point, I think. There is this paradigm that says a successful athletic program is an essential component of a university, to serve as a "front porch", attracting attention and generating buzz that makes the academic mission of the school more successful. I am suggesting that Georgia Tech does not fit into that paradigm—and more importantly, that the academic leadership of Tech (i.e. "The Hill") knows it. There's a reason why technology firms are relocating to Midtown, and its not because there is a football field across the highway.</p><p></p><p>Remember, I'm countering an argument that the Hill would see a benefit to the Institute as a whole if they relaxed APR expectations, admitted more athletic exceptions, and cleared the way for our athletic program to be more competitive. Does our FB program actually need to be better, in order to be more successful as an institute of higher education and a hub for academic research? I don't think so. We could become a perennial top-10 football program, and it would have only generate a modest blip in our enrollment, our research endowment, or our private-sector collaborations.</p><p></p><p>That being said, of course I really do want to see our football program be more successful, and to be that top-10 team. I'm just not holding my breath for the Hill to jump on board the bandwagon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTpdm, post: 616507, member: 1451"] That's exactly my point, I think. There is this paradigm that says a successful athletic program is an essential component of a university, to serve as a "front porch", attracting attention and generating buzz that makes the academic mission of the school more successful. I am suggesting that Georgia Tech does not fit into that paradigm—and more importantly, that the academic leadership of Tech (i.e. "The Hill") knows it. There's a reason why technology firms are relocating to Midtown, and its not because there is a football field across the highway. Remember, I'm countering an argument that the Hill would see a benefit to the Institute as a whole if they relaxed APR expectations, admitted more athletic exceptions, and cleared the way for our athletic program to be more competitive. Does our FB program actually need to be better, in order to be more successful as an institute of higher education and a hub for academic research? I don't think so. We could become a perennial top-10 football program, and it would have only generate a modest blip in our enrollment, our research endowment, or our private-sector collaborations. That being said, of course I really do want to see our football program be more successful, and to be that top-10 team. I'm just not holding my breath for the Hill to jump on board the bandwagon. [/QUOTE]
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