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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 416484" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>Washington is the flagship university of their state. They get the lions share of sales in the state. They are also almost twice the population of GT enrollment-wise. While NCSU isn't UNC in NC, they are a much bigger school than we are, with almost 10,ooo more students. Their fanbase is pretty rabid up there as well. My dad lives in the area, and they average 56000+ in a stadium that seats 57500 . </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, finances win out. It is really a result of the numbers driven by CLC, who tracks the licensing sales. In 2014-15, following our excellent 11-3 season, we dropped from 50th in sales to 51st. We are in the bottom quartile of P5 schools in sales. There is absolutely no way Adidas, or any other company for that matter, was going to give us a cash heavy deal when sales history shows our fan base generally doesn't spend that much on merchandise. Now, before anyone says "but Russell...", CLC tracks the merchandise sales across ALL brands, not just the schools official provider. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately, our fan base needs to decide to spend money if we want to be a big name program in the modern age. We not only have to give money to the GTAA to fund infrastructure improvements and assistant coach salary increases, but we need to buy tickets to the games and we desperately need to start buying more merchandise, even if it's not the "right shade" or it's a tertiary color. The reason the sporting goods stores and retailers don't stock much of our merchandise is because we don't buy enough of it to make it worth their while. That's a problem WE need to fix, and fixing that problem will go a long way towards helping our program out financially.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/college-football-team-sells-merchandise/" target="_blank">https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/college-football-team-sells-merchandise/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 416484, member: 1191"] Washington is the flagship university of their state. They get the lions share of sales in the state. They are also almost twice the population of GT enrollment-wise. While NCSU isn't UNC in NC, they are a much bigger school than we are, with almost 10,ooo more students. Their fanbase is pretty rabid up there as well. My dad lives in the area, and they average 56000+ in a stadium that seats 57500 . Ultimately, finances win out. It is really a result of the numbers driven by CLC, who tracks the licensing sales. In 2014-15, following our excellent 11-3 season, we dropped from 50th in sales to 51st. We are in the bottom quartile of P5 schools in sales. There is absolutely no way Adidas, or any other company for that matter, was going to give us a cash heavy deal when sales history shows our fan base generally doesn't spend that much on merchandise. Now, before anyone says "but Russell...", CLC tracks the merchandise sales across ALL brands, not just the schools official provider. Ultimately, our fan base needs to decide to spend money if we want to be a big name program in the modern age. We not only have to give money to the GTAA to fund infrastructure improvements and assistant coach salary increases, but we need to buy tickets to the games and we desperately need to start buying more merchandise, even if it's not the "right shade" or it's a tertiary color. The reason the sporting goods stores and retailers don't stock much of our merchandise is because we don't buy enough of it to make it worth their while. That's a problem WE need to fix, and fixing that problem will go a long way towards helping our program out financially. [URL]https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/college-football-team-sells-merchandise/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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