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<blockquote data-quote="Legal Jacket" data-source="post: 210098" data-attributes="member: 601"><p>1) Fans who don't go to the games are the problem. Period. When Campbell's dad is tweeting out "60k v 100k" in reference to the difference between our stadium and LSU's, that's a problem. Period. You may donate an undisclosed amount of money to Georgia Tech, or maybe even to the football program generally, but unless you are coming to games you sir are part of the problem. Period. The most obvious thing keeping us from being an elite program is averaging approximately 50k or less fans per game, especially when we are in a city of 6 million.</p><p></p><p>It makes tons of sense. You want to recruit better? The 4 and 5 star kids we keep whiffing on want to play on the biggest stage possible. They think they are the best (perhaps rightfully so) and so they want to play for the best and in front of the most people. If you are the worlds best soccer player - are you going to play in Europe in front of bigger crowds and tougher competition, or are you going to want to play in the MLS just because it is closer to where you are from? We are basically fans of an MLS team complaining that we can't bring in the Lionel Messis of the world.</p><p></p><p>You alone may be incapable of making a difference, but your attitude is shared by many many people. If just 5k more tech fans showed up to the games that would make a big difference. The stadium would go from noticeably empty at some games to full. And would go from noticeably clemson/uga heavy to more mixed.</p><p></p><p>2) I'm not sure how one class proves anything. That's basically 6 recruits. More of an aberration than proof of anything.</p><p></p><p>3) Money isn't the issue at all - nobody is saying it is. All money does is help us identify more players. The problem is that the vast majority of 4-5 star guys have no desire to play for us. none. they want to play in the sec in front of 90k people. we don't come close to offering either one of those things. at least clemson and fsu draw fans. and, oh yeah, they are going to have to take calculus. They can't major in english or african american studies or any of the hundreds of majors offered by normal schools.</p><p></p><p>until we draw more fans or expand our offerings GT will remain one of, if not the most, difficult school to recruit to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Legal Jacket, post: 210098, member: 601"] 1) Fans who don't go to the games are the problem. Period. When Campbell's dad is tweeting out "60k v 100k" in reference to the difference between our stadium and LSU's, that's a problem. Period. You may donate an undisclosed amount of money to Georgia Tech, or maybe even to the football program generally, but unless you are coming to games you sir are part of the problem. Period. The most obvious thing keeping us from being an elite program is averaging approximately 50k or less fans per game, especially when we are in a city of 6 million. It makes tons of sense. You want to recruit better? The 4 and 5 star kids we keep whiffing on want to play on the biggest stage possible. They think they are the best (perhaps rightfully so) and so they want to play for the best and in front of the most people. If you are the worlds best soccer player - are you going to play in Europe in front of bigger crowds and tougher competition, or are you going to want to play in the MLS just because it is closer to where you are from? We are basically fans of an MLS team complaining that we can't bring in the Lionel Messis of the world. You alone may be incapable of making a difference, but your attitude is shared by many many people. If just 5k more tech fans showed up to the games that would make a big difference. The stadium would go from noticeably empty at some games to full. And would go from noticeably clemson/uga heavy to more mixed. 2) I'm not sure how one class proves anything. That's basically 6 recruits. More of an aberration than proof of anything. 3) Money isn't the issue at all - nobody is saying it is. All money does is help us identify more players. The problem is that the vast majority of 4-5 star guys have no desire to play for us. none. they want to play in the sec in front of 90k people. we don't come close to offering either one of those things. at least clemson and fsu draw fans. and, oh yeah, they are going to have to take calculus. They can't major in english or african american studies or any of the hundreds of majors offered by normal schools. until we draw more fans or expand our offerings GT will remain one of, if not the most, difficult school to recruit to. [/QUOTE]
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