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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 95819" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>On the sidewalk aspect of fandom for Tech. </p><p></p><p>If you went to a good academic school and are now living in the transient city of Atlanta like a U Michigan friend of mine then it makes total sense to gravitate to being a fan of Tech for local sports entertainment. This is very natural exactly <em>because</em> of Tech's academic reputation and then secondarily because of the terribly obvious bias and propaganda for the SEC these days. If you have a more direct allegiance to a team and conference NOT the SEC and you move to Atlanta then Tech is a great "anti-SEC" non-factory school right in the heart of the "enemy's" territory. So I actually think that the AA should find certain <em>discrete</em> ways to reach out and appeal to sidewalk support from alums of really good academic schools and from other non-regional conferences and areas.</p><p></p><p>For example:</p><p>1) find out the local info for all of the PAC or B10 or Ivy's local alumni chapters and send them invites and discounted or even maybe some 5$ to free tickets to some Tech games. You can even make appeals to such focused groups specifically on a pitch of "hey come out and see some live college sports the way you want to see it played . . . by real student-athletes who actually go to class and earn serious degrees at a great academic Institute right here close to where you now call home." Give them tours of the campus where you appeal to their own love of academic rigor to make them proud of living in a place that has a world-class Institute like Tech (hint . . . they may send their kids there one day as well!).</p><p></p><p>2) Do the same technique with the old Big East basketball schools during basketball season. You know, all the Catholic colleges that thumbed their nose at college football tv money which was turning their conference into a monstrosity?</p><p></p><p>3) Use the same technique with local colleges and their students like Emory students (my alma mater). The Emory bookstore has always sold a shirt that says "Emory Football . . . still undefeated!" because they have <em>never </em>had a football program. Tech and Emory have a long history of working close together and used to have a ton of cross-listed courses so that Tech math and engineering students could have access to taking more rigorous humanities courses and Emory students could get the same in engineering fields. In my opinion (as the son of a Tech grad who grew up in Atlanta and went to Emory for a humanities education) there is no reason not to invite all the Emory students to get the same (or a little more expensive) access to Tech games as Tech students. Maybe include Agnes Scott (another with a long history of being tied close to Tech) and other schools in this as well (Morehouse, Oglethorpe, whomever). Run a shuttle bus for the students at other local colleges without big-time sports teams to root for, especially football.</p><p></p><p>Don't put up <em>billboards </em>that are snobbish/elitist and celebrate Tech having "real student-athletes and not being a factory". . . but do this discretely to specific audiences and I think such a campaign could have real appeal and results in boosting sidewalk Atlanta fandom in Tech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 95819, member: 231"] On the sidewalk aspect of fandom for Tech. If you went to a good academic school and are now living in the transient city of Atlanta like a U Michigan friend of mine then it makes total sense to gravitate to being a fan of Tech for local sports entertainment. This is very natural exactly [I]because[/I] of Tech's academic reputation and then secondarily because of the terribly obvious bias and propaganda for the SEC these days. If you have a more direct allegiance to a team and conference NOT the SEC and you move to Atlanta then Tech is a great "anti-SEC" non-factory school right in the heart of the "enemy's" territory. So I actually think that the AA should find certain [I]discrete[/I] ways to reach out and appeal to sidewalk support from alums of really good academic schools and from other non-regional conferences and areas. For example: 1) find out the local info for all of the PAC or B10 or Ivy's local alumni chapters and send them invites and discounted or even maybe some 5$ to free tickets to some Tech games. You can even make appeals to such focused groups specifically on a pitch of "hey come out and see some live college sports the way you want to see it played . . . by real student-athletes who actually go to class and earn serious degrees at a great academic Institute right here close to where you now call home." Give them tours of the campus where you appeal to their own love of academic rigor to make them proud of living in a place that has a world-class Institute like Tech (hint . . . they may send their kids there one day as well!). 2) Do the same technique with the old Big East basketball schools during basketball season. You know, all the Catholic colleges that thumbed their nose at college football tv money which was turning their conference into a monstrosity? 3) Use the same technique with local colleges and their students like Emory students (my alma mater). The Emory bookstore has always sold a shirt that says "Emory Football . . . still undefeated!" because they have [I]never [/I]had a football program. Tech and Emory have a long history of working close together and used to have a ton of cross-listed courses so that Tech math and engineering students could have access to taking more rigorous humanities courses and Emory students could get the same in engineering fields. In my opinion (as the son of a Tech grad who grew up in Atlanta and went to Emory for a humanities education) there is no reason not to invite all the Emory students to get the same (or a little more expensive) access to Tech games as Tech students. Maybe include Agnes Scott (another with a long history of being tied close to Tech) and other schools in this as well (Morehouse, Oglethorpe, whomever). Run a shuttle bus for the students at other local colleges without big-time sports teams to root for, especially football. Don't put up [I]billboards [/I]that are snobbish/elitist and celebrate Tech having "real student-athletes and not being a factory". . . but do this discretely to specific audiences and I think such a campaign could have real appeal and results in boosting sidewalk Atlanta fandom in Tech. [/QUOTE]
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