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<blockquote data-quote="MWBATL" data-source="post: 379762" data-attributes="member: 944"><p>Just one comment. This has been a topic that has been debated and talked about on GT message boards for as long as I can remember. The general debate is always the crowd that believes we need to do more to be competitive athletically (relax entrance requirements, add "easy" majors, etc) vs the crowd that adheres strictly to the academic integrity cloak (we do it right and we don't want to be like the factories...or UNC).</p><p></p><p>My one comment is that if GT wishes to adhere to its academic integrity to the degree that it stands apart from virtually the entirety of NCAA FBS football (as it does today) then it needs to maintain that integrity in its ticket sales and donations pitches. GT will NOT compete at the same level as the rest of college football and to sell tickets on the basis that we are is misleading, fraudulent and screams a lack of integrity. Be honest in your sales efforts. State that we won't do it the way other schools do it.</p><p></p><p>My own opinion is that sales will decline as most people will not want to pay for an inferior product. While that trend is already somewhat apparent, GT tries to pretend we are in the same ballpark as those other schools...and we aren't. The trend would accelerate pretty dramatically if truth in advertising were demanded with the same religious ferocity that academic integrity is demanded.</p><p></p><p>Selah.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MWBATL, post: 379762, member: 944"] Just one comment. This has been a topic that has been debated and talked about on GT message boards for as long as I can remember. The general debate is always the crowd that believes we need to do more to be competitive athletically (relax entrance requirements, add "easy" majors, etc) vs the crowd that adheres strictly to the academic integrity cloak (we do it right and we don't want to be like the factories...or UNC). My one comment is that if GT wishes to adhere to its academic integrity to the degree that it stands apart from virtually the entirety of NCAA FBS football (as it does today) then it needs to maintain that integrity in its ticket sales and donations pitches. GT will NOT compete at the same level as the rest of college football and to sell tickets on the basis that we are is misleading, fraudulent and screams a lack of integrity. Be honest in your sales efforts. State that we won't do it the way other schools do it. My own opinion is that sales will decline as most people will not want to pay for an inferior product. While that trend is already somewhat apparent, GT tries to pretend we are in the same ballpark as those other schools...and we aren't. The trend would accelerate pretty dramatically if truth in advertising were demanded with the same religious ferocity that academic integrity is demanded. Selah. [/QUOTE]
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