Tech football is dead

BainbridgeJacket said:
I'm going to shoot the messenger here a bit, but here goes...

This attitude is the problem with our fanbase. We keep waiting for big donors like they're some godsend that's going to save the whole damn operation and we öööö on other fans that are millionaires for being frugal with their donations. Do you seriously think that's how these football factories operate? No, they're flush with cash because they get a ton of small donations from tens of thousands of people every year. We have ~170,000 living alumni, 50% of which are millionaires. If that group gave an average of $1,000/yr to the GTAA and everyone of you who isn't a millionaire averaged $100/yr to the Tech Way NIL collective, then we would be a factory ourselves. Instead, we're trying to raise $10 million in buyout money from the same group of 30-ish people that we use to raise money every time we've fired or hired a coach or done any football focused fundraising initiative. We had one of them try to offer matching donations to build the engagement I'm speaking of, but it wasn't a terribly successful initiative. I'll also be honest, this group gets way too much sway in decision making within the GTAA and that's part of our problem too. The whole thing needs to be run more professionally.

We need more donors, not to lean on the big money guys.
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I agree 100%, but we are all cheapo’s apparently
 
BainbridgeJacket said:
I'm going to shoot the messenger here a bit, but here goes...

This attitude is the problem with our fanbase. We keep waiting for big donors like they're some godsend that's going to save the whole damn operation and we öööö on other fans that are millionaires for being frugal with their donations. Do you seriously think that's how these football factories operate? No, they're flush with cash because they get a ton of small donations from tens of thousands of people every year. We have ~170,000 living alumni, 50% of which are millionaires. If that group gave an average of $1,000/yr to the GTAA and everyone of you who isn't a millionaire averaged $100/yr to the Tech Way NIL collective, then we would be a factory ourselves. Instead, we're trying to raise $10 million in buyout money from the same group of 30-ish people that we use to raise money every time we've fired or hired a coach or done any football focused fundraising initiative. We had one of them try to offer matching donations to build the engagement I'm speaking of, but it wasn't a terribly successful initiative. I'll also be honest, this group gets way too much sway in decision making within the GTAA and that's part of our problem too. The whole thing needs to be run more professionally.

We need more donors, not to lean on the big money guys.
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We do not have a large enough alumni base, nor do we have broad state appeal. We cannot compete on a money basis. Plus I have no problem with GT alumni properly valuing sports as it comes to their lives. It’s a ööööing game. The fact that we now are being asked to pay barely literate and in many cases morally bankrupt teenagers to play this game for our entertainment is…something.
 
GTCrew4b said:
We do not have a large enough alumni base, nor do we have broad state appeal. We cannot compete on a money basis.
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Bullshit. We've never even tried. We fundraise lazy.

Plus I have no problem with GT alumni properly valuing sports as it comes to their lives. It’s a ööööing game. The fact that we now are being asked to pay barely literate and in many cases morally bankrupt teenagers to play this game for our entertainment is…something.
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100% agree with this part.
 
Skydog said:
does that number include farm animals?
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That JJ has done or that are on JJ's list?

Seriously, tho - some of y'all need to ask your wife if you can have your nuts back. I'm not going to pontificate a unicorn from this pile of öööö but for the love of god - stop crapping on our program and our school. Boston College is no slouch - ask F$U. We skull-ööööed Miami after losing to BG. Who knows what we will do vs UNC, Clemson, UVA, etc. Let the season play out before you decide to bury our program.

But yes, we appear to be in complete agreement that our turf sucks ass.

Thank you,

The Management
 
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GTRules said:
Clemson has 12,473,928 alums living within a 15 minute drive to the stadium.

We have alums scattered all over the world, and only 17 that close to the stadium.
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Do we have an IPTAY initiative like they’ve successfully run for decades?

That was my point.
 
GTCrew4b said:
We do not have a large enough alumni base, nor do we have broad state appeal. We cannot compete on a money basis. Plus I have no problem with GT alumni properly valuing sports as it comes to their lives. It’s a ööööing game. The fact that we now are being asked to pay barely literate and in many cases morally bankrupt teenagers to play this game for our entertainment is…something.
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So drop football to FCS level and join the Ivy League since you’re being asked to in your words “in many cases morally bankrupt teenagers to play this game for our entertainment”. This is exactly the problem with why GT is in the position from a sports perspective that they are in. “Oh my prestigious degree will be devalued by having relevant sports programs….”

You do realize most people outside of Georgia think of Duke, UVA, ND, NW, BC, Stanford, etc before GT comes to mind when referring to academic restrictions when recruiting, right? I guess they are just naive, right? No. It’s because the school is HORRIBLE at marketing itself to prospective SA’s.

The school could expand the curriculum for sports and also start taking in more in-state general population students to help boost themselves, but they won’t. They would rather focus elsewhere to fill the student population.

GT being irrelevant in a metro area with 6.1 million people and a state population of 10.1 million is 100% the fault of the school. So stop blaming <fill in the blank here> for excuse #600,000.
 
USCJacket said:
So drop football to FCS level and join the Ivy League since you’re being asked to in your words “in many cases morally bankrupt teenagers to play this game for our entertainment”. This is exactly the problem with why GT is in the position from a sports perspective that they are in. “Oh my prestigious degree will be devalued by having relevant sports programs….”

You do realize most people outside of Georgia think of Duke, UVA, ND, NW, BC, Stanford, etc before GT comes to mind when referring to academic restrictions when recruiting, right? I guess they are just naive, right? No. It’s because the school is HORRIBLE at marketing itself to prospective SA’s.

The school could expand the curriculum for sports and also start taking in more in-state general population students to help boost themselves, but they won’t. They would rather focus elsewhere to fill the student population.

GT being irrelevant in a metro area with 6.1 million people and a state population of 10.1 million is 100% the fault of the school. So stop blaming <fill in the blank here> for excuse #600,000.
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What seats did you sit in yesterday?
 
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