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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 258853" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>If we hadn't been asked to join the ACC, we most likely would have gone Ivy League level in athletics. The facilities in the 70's were beyond non-competitive. The outdoor weight room under the north stands being the most egregious. When you see a Duke fan today give them a beer and say thank you for taking us in <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Without them and UNC making an investment in GT athletics we would have been trying to join the Ivys.</p><p></p><p>One interesting dynamic that goes to Vespid's comment is that every Ivy school plus MIT and even Cal Tech have bigger endowments than GT. That is at least one level of alumni involvement. I won't claim that doing away with D1 athletics would increase the endowment but it does show that in some situations they are not linked. Certainly the older culture of GT was linked to Bobby Dodd's FB team. It came and went over the years with the success or not success of the team. And I sure enjoy having the FB team. But a legit question would be whether the students coming in over the last 10 years through today really care. Are they more like Cal Tech and MIT than they are Alabama? I don't know and won't claim to know the answer. But I do think as the SAT and academic focus of the students goes way up - and more students come from outside GA and leave GA - it becomes a relevant question.</p><p></p><p>In the interim I just want us to beat Duke today <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 258853, member: 2784"] If we hadn't been asked to join the ACC, we most likely would have gone Ivy League level in athletics. The facilities in the 70's were beyond non-competitive. The outdoor weight room under the north stands being the most egregious. When you see a Duke fan today give them a beer and say thank you for taking us in :) Without them and UNC making an investment in GT athletics we would have been trying to join the Ivys. One interesting dynamic that goes to Vespid's comment is that every Ivy school plus MIT and even Cal Tech have bigger endowments than GT. That is at least one level of alumni involvement. I won't claim that doing away with D1 athletics would increase the endowment but it does show that in some situations they are not linked. Certainly the older culture of GT was linked to Bobby Dodd's FB team. It came and went over the years with the success or not success of the team. And I sure enjoy having the FB team. But a legit question would be whether the students coming in over the last 10 years through today really care. Are they more like Cal Tech and MIT than they are Alabama? I don't know and won't claim to know the answer. But I do think as the SAT and academic focus of the students goes way up - and more students come from outside GA and leave GA - it becomes a relevant question. In the interim I just want us to beat Duke today :cool: [/QUOTE]
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