A refreshing take on the classic Hot Pocket. (Maybe you want to market leftover Thanksgiving flavors.)
A classic hatred of Kleenex. (There is no better product for a lost fan to cry about.)
Mr. Clean Old Fashioned Hate. (Brent Key has a lot of creative potential.)
Very clean old fashioned hate. (The perfect combination for a sweaty three-and-a-half hour scrum.)
Georgia Tech-Georgia-Pacific. (It’s a tongue-in-cheek story, and it’s based in Atlanta!)
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Everyone, please don’t be late. You leave money on the table. Charter flights and paying for name, image, and likeness rights alone will not pay for themselves.
Equipped with Uga and Purina.
Ramblin’ Wreck has sponsor stickers on it like a race car.
The possibilities are endless.
It would be easy to attack bats and techs looking for profit. (He’s already sold the name of the country’s oldest on-campus FBS football stadium; the Yellow Jackets currently play at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field.) If you’re going to criticize an athletic organization for prioritizing money over the traditions that create the sport, when it’s unique and beloved, you don’t have much time to do anything else.
Essentially, Tech’s trip to play Florida State in the Irish was not about giving college athletes an opportunity to travel overseas, if at all. It was a tourist vehicle. When Georgia takes on Texas in a highly anticipated matchup on Saturday, what else is there to keep the Longhorns in the SEC besides revenue?
Perhaps college presidents don’t want to think long and hard about what the approval of a new 12-team College Football Playoff that extends athletes’ seasons to as many as 17 games says about their priorities. Dew. But a six-year, $7.8 billion TV deal will probably help them sleep better at night.
The Tech-Georgia game, which was moved off campus, was clearly a financial motive, and credit to Butt for not pretending otherwise. But when it comes to eschewing tradition or prioritizing revenue over the best interests of athletes and fans, the ACC adds Stanford, Cal State, and SMU, and the Big Ten gains Oregon State and UCLA. It wasn’t even in the same ballpark (figuratively speaking) as it was. , USC and Washington.
Tech will receive a $10 million payment from AMB Sports and Entertainment, about five times the amount Tech would earn by playing games at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
It made sense for an athletic department in dire need of funding, no matter how unpleasant it was for Tech fans.
Under the terms of the settled lawsuit against the NCAA, schools in power conferences will be allowed to directly compensate athletes with NIL contracts worth at least $20 million to $22 million annually. These schools are also being asked for about $3 billion in back damage settlements to past and former athletes, which would give Tech and other ACC schools about $1 million a year in conference distributions. There will be a shortage.
The terms of the settlement are expected to become effective in fiscal year 2025-26. Tech’s budget for this year is $137.8 million. Assuming next year’s spending increases slightly to $140 million, that means the Butts will have to account for new spending that will consume about 16% of their budget, Key and men’s basketball coach Damon Stoudamire said. would expect that expenditure to be met.
Mr. Butt could raise expenses elsewhere, find new sources of income worth millions of dollars, or both. Paying $10 million for giving up one home football game is pretty enticing.
In comments Tuesday, Key expressed understanding. So is Tech’s Hall of Fame coach George O’Leary. Unlike Key, he had no qualms about spouting the company’s claims.
“I’m sure the fan base has legitimate grievances, but operationally I think they’re making the best decision for Georgia Tech,” O’Leary told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. spoke.
Hall of Fame coach Paul Johnson, who defeated the Bulldogs three times at Sanford Stadium, had a typical reaction.
“I would have rather played in Athens,” Johnson wrote in a text to the AJC. “It seemed like we could have done better there.”
A quick history lesson. In 1957, Georgia (coincidentally) was scheduled to play Texas in Athens. However, before the season, Georgia coach and AD Wally Butts changed the game for financial reasons.
What about the new venue?
grant field.
This was part of a doubleheader with Tech playing Kentucky on the same day. This is the second time that both rivals have organized such an event at the Polytechnic University, and the cooperation of the Athens team was also significant.
At the time, Tech was the dominant team in the state, consistently finishing in the top 10, winning eight straight series, and drawing larger crowds to larger stadiums.
“The University of Georgia Athletic Commission has determined that in order to balance the athletic program’s budget, it is appropriate to change the venue for the game against Texas,” Butts said in a statement.
There’s nothing new under the sun.
I have an idea.
Butts must keep the roof of MBS open and playable during the day. That way, you can illuminate your game with the sunshine provided by Georgia Power.
