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<blockquote data-quote="Boaty1" data-source="post: 676213" data-attributes="member: 2631"><p>And I guess this will be one of the topics that GT struggles with forever. I understand your pride in your degree. As someone who knows they could have never have made it through GT academically I certainly respect those who did. With that said, I would argue pride in the degree can be taken over the top and detrimental to the athletic program. I know some athletes who graduated from Tech. Not all were brilliant. Some significantly less than that. </p><p></p><p>I think Collins has proven the myth of players not being able to get passed the Hill to be false. Also the amount of scholarships Johnson extended I would say proves that to be a myth.</p><p></p><p>There are many narratives I believe GT alums hold onto that strangle the athletic program while boosting their own esteem through their degree. And once again I would say regardless of the truth if you are truly concerned about the athletic program and attracting more fans and the subsequent dollars that we need so desperately at this time, why put limitations on what the program can be? Let sidewalk fans live the dream through the underdog team in the state. I know that's what attracted me to GT athletics at a young age. Honestly if I wasn't already immersed in the program I think it would be hard for me to be as invested with all the talk, which i call negativity and you call pragmatism, around the program. It seems everywhere I turn I'm being told why we can't do this and can't do that. And the worse thing is it comes from many of our own fans even moreso than it does from the outside. Some sidewalk fans like myself enjoy pulling for the underdog. But we at least want to feel we are in the fight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boaty1, post: 676213, member: 2631"] And I guess this will be one of the topics that GT struggles with forever. I understand your pride in your degree. As someone who knows they could have never have made it through GT academically I certainly respect those who did. With that said, I would argue pride in the degree can be taken over the top and detrimental to the athletic program. I know some athletes who graduated from Tech. Not all were brilliant. Some significantly less than that. I think Collins has proven the myth of players not being able to get passed the Hill to be false. Also the amount of scholarships Johnson extended I would say proves that to be a myth. There are many narratives I believe GT alums hold onto that strangle the athletic program while boosting their own esteem through their degree. And once again I would say regardless of the truth if you are truly concerned about the athletic program and attracting more fans and the subsequent dollars that we need so desperately at this time, why put limitations on what the program can be? Let sidewalk fans live the dream through the underdog team in the state. I know that's what attracted me to GT athletics at a young age. Honestly if I wasn't already immersed in the program I think it would be hard for me to be as invested with all the talk, which i call negativity and you call pragmatism, around the program. It seems everywhere I turn I'm being told why we can't do this and can't do that. And the worse thing is it comes from many of our own fans even moreso than it does from the outside. Some sidewalk fans like myself enjoy pulling for the underdog. But we at least want to feel we are in the fight. [/QUOTE]
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