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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Wayne" data-source="post: 95850" data-attributes="member: 231"><p>Thanks. It was the comments about Tech being elite academically and whether this can be off-putting to sidewalk fans that spurred my comment.</p><p></p><p>I am a son of a Tech alum so grew up a fan of Tech teams anyway. But I know from a wide swath of experience that the academic prestige of Tech is not at all a detriment to <em>certain </em>sectors of the population that the GTAA could appeal to and try and get involved in supporting Tech as their adopted hometown team. It can't be done too above ground though or of course would look elitist and snobbish to the general Georgia populace and I know a lot of Tech fans fight amongst themselves over variously wanting to embrace or downplay a "nerdy" reputation.</p><p></p><p>The key for the GTAA though is to successfully <em>do both</em>, to downplay the elitist and "nerdy" side in <em>certain</em> market segments and then to utilize that reputation to appeal to other market segments. After all, it is just about watching a sporting event (!) and getting people (for whatever reason) to root for your team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Wayne, post: 95850, member: 231"] Thanks. It was the comments about Tech being elite academically and whether this can be off-putting to sidewalk fans that spurred my comment. I am a son of a Tech alum so grew up a fan of Tech teams anyway. But I know from a wide swath of experience that the academic prestige of Tech is not at all a detriment to [I]certain [/I]sectors of the population that the GTAA could appeal to and try and get involved in supporting Tech as their adopted hometown team. It can't be done too above ground though or of course would look elitist and snobbish to the general Georgia populace and I know a lot of Tech fans fight amongst themselves over variously wanting to embrace or downplay a "nerdy" reputation. The key for the GTAA though is to successfully [I]do both[/I], to downplay the elitist and "nerdy" side in [I]certain[/I] market segments and then to utilize that reputation to appeal to other market segments. After all, it is just about watching a sporting event (!) and getting people (for whatever reason) to root for your team. [/QUOTE]
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