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With the beach towns cracking down on drinking, etc., it’s only a matter of time that the game moves out of Jacksonville. CKS is being just a little too deferential to the AD. If he truly wants the game moved back to a home & home, he should just say so without the “aw shucks, it’s out of my control” act.
Tired of the "traditions" excuse from so many. Let's talk about traditions. Home games used to start at 1 pm. TV or no TV. Games were over in time for everyone to get home for supper. Tradition was scrapped due to TV money. You used to be able to watch the game from the railroad tracks. That tradition was scrapped when the stadium was expanded for more ticket revenue. In the past, if you were resourceful, you could find a decent parking place. But there was too much money to be made off parking, so gone is that tradition. UGA band used to play "Dixie", was even referred to as the "Dixie Redcoat Band". That tradition is gone. Times change and money talks. Past time to scrap Jacksonville, every year. Go home and home or alternate Jacksonville and Atlanta. That would be a new tradition that makes sense for everyone.
The game will never rotate between four sites. Go ahead and slam the lid on that one. If you're paying attention to Kirby's interest in moving the game out of Jax because of recruiting, then the game will eventually become a home-n-home series. There's no reason to leave Jax and go off-campus to Atlanta. Go Dawgs!
I mean, we all know what the situation is here. Jacksonville knows they get money from it and I'm sure they are willing to pay a whole lot more than Atlanta is. Fans would obviously like a home/home or ATL/JAX and I'm sure UF is very happy to take the money from Jax and have their players be driven an hour there.
So the real question is this. Are you going to push UGA's AD to change it or are you just going to allow them to turn a home game into an away game?
Don't underestimate the impact that our awesome fans have made this year and how much of a "home field" advantage it gives us.
It's not just the distance, it's the fact that if you're considered "home" but you only get 50% of the allocated seats instead of probably 75%-80%.
Coach Mark Richt got it right. If Jacksonville's TIAA Bank Field is a "neutral" site, then so is Atlanta's Merced Stadium. However, my choice is Home & Home. In my opinion, UF plays a home game if it's played in Jacksonville, FL, and that's why they want to keep it there :)
It's all about the $$$ folks!
Go Dawgs!
We get it Mike. You don't like the UF game in Jax. You seem to bring it up every chance you get. Thankfully there's a bigger picture at play here that unfortunately you do not grasp.
I'd wager that Kirby once said something off hand about it. Now Mike rehashes it every year. It seems that Mike has a bigger issue with the game than coach.
Folks, it is going to leave Jacksonville and go home and away starting in 2024. That's what Kirby wants and Josh Brooks is going to give him what he wants. The merchants in Athens also support the program and deserve the economic windfall from a big game like Georgia vs Florida. McGarity said it was about money. Well, raise the ticket prices for the Florida game to make it revenue neutral. And by the way guess who is CEO of Gator Bowl sports? McGarity.