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EagleSting said:
Based on that ratio GT's football budget should be around $32 million instead of $19 million. Wonder if we can rearrange those numbers to make that happen
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Depends on how many more years we have left on paying off the stadium renovations. I know that the lingering debt on it was a huge financial drain that has plagued the GTAA for years. Once we get that put behind us, I think we can come close to meeting that number.
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GoGATech said:
You're an idiot and have no clue how the firm works.
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I'd assume they do research and present a menu of candidates based on the needs of the client. Then facilitate the interview process and contract negotiations. Am I wrong?

I understand they don't make the specific pick for us per se, but I don't trust their work being mostly UGA graduates.
 
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2017- PRESENT: Serves as its Executive Deputy Director of Athletics, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer.
2013-2017: Senior Associate Athletics Director at East Carolina University and Executive Director of the Pirate Club.
2009-2013: Associate AD and Executive Director of the Terrapin Club for the University of Maryland.

Before his tenure at Maryland, Batt worked in athletics fundraising at James Madison, William and Mary, and his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 
QuadF said:
True but what would get us into a new conference is that we're perceived to have good fan engagement and will be additive to the existing teams. If we don't travel well, don't show up to our own games, and don't boost tv ratings nobody is going to want to take us from the ACC. Hence why fan engagement is the all important factor.
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Obviously good points, but being in a decent conference SHOULD change all those factors immediately. If we were somehow added to the SEC next year, I would bet that the number of ST's sold would go up astronomically as soon as it was announced.
 
justafan said:
I'd assume they do research and present a menu of candidates based on the needs of the client. Then facilitate the interview process and contract negotiations. Am I wrong?

I understand they don't make the specific pick for us per se, but I don't trust their work being mostly UGA graduates.
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They are the premier firm most colleges use for their searches. Other SEC teams like Florida, UT, Vanderbilt, Gamecocks have all used them. They're pretty well known.

I don't care if they're UGA graduates or not. You don't become a premier firm doing inferior work. Looking at Batt's resume, I'd say Parker's efforts were pretty successful. I mean, I don't know how you don't get excited about a resume like that.
 
GoGATech said:
You're an idiot and have no clue how the firm works.
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Do you? I agree that they are professionals and are certainly smart enough to put business success over a non-tangible college rivalry and it's probably not a big deal.

But don't think for a second that in the back of their mind they don't want to see GT athletics be less successful than UGA athletics and certainly never lose to them.

I'm sure they are one of the top players in this game but there has to be others (Korn Ferry?) that would have been just as good with comparable fees without the mutt stench.
 
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Age: 39
Born: Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., journalism and mass communication, and M.A., exercise and sports science / sport administration
Family: Wife, Leah; children, Fitzgerald (6) and Graham (4)
I get fired up … : When the connection between a donor’s philanthropic passions and an institutional need align, the light goes off and they take the leap to “how can I help?”
Advice to my 20-year-old self: Listen more, particularly early in my career.
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New skill/hobby picked up during the stay-at-home order: Like much of the world, my wife and I fell in love with our Peloton.
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Sports fandom post-COVID will be … : More passionate than ever.
Sports industry needs to do a better job of … : Telling the story of the positive impact we make in the lives of young people.

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