Fred Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Obviously things could change but as of right now, Grayson has declined due to the limited travel budget and constraints. We hate it but the funding is just not available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
954gator Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ehh if they werent matchin up with STA I dont blame em. Let Valdosta prove somethin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connman Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 If true I guess them traveling to CAL next year to play CC would seem unlikely! Brought up in another thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, Connman said: If true I guess them traveling to CAL next year to play CC would seem unlikely! Brought up in another thread. That may can still happen. Right now we are looking at having to raise $40k+ in 10 days. A game next year is a different animal and I have no knowledge of that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCBlackhatter Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, Connman said: If true I guess them traveling to CAL next year to play CC would seem unlikely! Brought up in another thread. Not exactly... They would have more than a week or so to get funding for that trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
181pl Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Why wouldn't the promoter and ESPN be paying for this? Okay so screw Georgia. Why don't they get IMG involved in this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCBlackhatter Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 They should have not done a "State Champions" Bowl. I mean sure, I get the idea, but with a very limited number of states participating, you are really depleting the available options. Roswell, for example, is just as good of a pick as Grayson, but they lost the state championship game. The pockets are deep in Roswell, and they could likely fund the trip. As they will not be spending 10s of thousands of dollars to buy rings like Grayson. This exhibition may be doomed before it ever begins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgGoneIt Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 For this series to work... the advertisers and promoters are going to have to foot the vast majority of the bill. There's just no way around that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LOSer Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, HawgGoneIt said: For this series to work... the advertisers and promoters are going to have to foot the vast majority of the bill. There's just no way around that. They do. It's likely that Grayson wants to take their band, groupies, mascots, hangers-on, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien12x Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Yeah funding was going to be a real bitch to get teams to Texas. Especially for a public school running on County funds. Just not enough time to raise it and I'm guessing Paragon isn't offering large enough to cover the cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connman Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, ATLien12x said: Yeah funding was going to be a real bitch to get teams to Texas. Especially for a public school running on County funds. Just not enough time to raise it and I'm guessing Paragon isn't offering large enough to cover the cost If they cut their recruiting budget maybe they could go? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien12x Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Connman said: If they cut their recruiting budget maybe they could go? Well GCPS (Gwinnett County Public Schools) is not going to allot money for a football game. That's just not going to happen. I'd imagine Grayson is going to raise as much as they can, but if they can't fund the entire cost, then it's a no go. Unlike Bingham/Chandler, they didn't get that extra week of time to create a plan. Similar to STA but I'd imagine (don't know this to be true), that because they're a private school with a strong alumni base, that it's easier to fund their trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 hour ago, 954gator said: Ehh if they werent matchin up with STA I dont blame em. Let Valdosta prove somethin. It has zero to do with the opponent and everything to do with the travel budget. 1 hour ago, 181pl said: Why wouldn't the promoter and ESPN be paying for this? Okay so screw Georgia. Why don't they get IMG involved in this? They are offering to pay for part. 44 minutes ago, LOSer said: They do. It's likely that Grayson wants to take their band, groupies, mascots, hangers-on, etc. No. They want us to split our team and take a subset. We dress 110 plus our coaches. It is not right to take only a portion and not all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecPadre Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 54 minutes ago, LOSer said: They do. It's likely that Grayson wants to take their band, groupies, mascots, hangers-on, etc. LOL!!! I would rather see IMG go anyways. Way better team than Grayson. Is IMG not allowed to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LOSer Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 7 minutes ago, Fred said: No. They want us to split our team and take a subset. We dress 110 plus our coaches. It is not right to take only a portion and not all. So they're asking Grayson to be reasonable and they're declining. Grayson obviously isn't serious enough for this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AztecPadre Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 110???? Why and how could you possibly want to travel with than many players? Thats totally unreasonable. Thats 2 teams the promoters could get instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, LOSer said: So they're asking Grayson to be reasonable and they're declining. Grayson obviously isn't serious enough for this stuff. I knew you would react this way. You clearly haven't managed a true team and have only sat back as an armchair pontificator. Talk about a great way to ruin team morale. All of these boys have worked hard all year long and it would be absolutely wrong to tell half of them they can't go. I'd say we have our priorities just where they need to be. If it matters so much to you, I'm sure the AD would entertain you funding the shortfall. SMH. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 2 minutes ago, AztecPadre said: 110???? Why and how could you possibly want to travel with than many players? Thats totally unreasonable. Thats 2 teams the promoters could get instead. That's our team. They knew it when they asked. Unreasonable to you maybe. Not unreasonable to the members of the team. Funny how so many talk about teams and then want teams to cut half of their players to participate in a game for their enjoyment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien12x Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 110 players may be a bit much. I'd only take the Varsity and back up JV guys that are needed. While I understand that everyone wants to be included, you need to take the upperclassmen and contributing young players. I bet Grayson gets the deal worked out. Because to be honest, if Grayson doesn't go, neither will any Georgia team. It's a public school/funding issue for Grayson and it's not like Valdosta can afford it (less money than Grayson) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECHS05 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, ATLien12x said: 110 players may be a bit much. I'd only take the Varsity and back up JV guys that are needed. While I understand that everyone wants to be included, you need to take the upperclassmen and contributing young players. I bet Grayson gets the deal worked out. Because to be honest, if Grayson doesn't go, neither will any Georgia team. It's a public school/funding issue for Grayson and it's not like Valdosta can afford it (less money than Grayson) Is it possible Cartersville can afford it I wonder? They are a smaller team anyways ... They are now ranked #23 at USAToday so they may get the call over Valdosta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaii2Gorman Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Even College teams have travel squads. That being said, the promoter should have a travel budget for each team, if the school wants to bring more, they can come out of pocket. I hope they can figure it out, I would like to see the best teams play. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien12x Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 1 minute ago, Hawaii2Gorman said: Even College teams have travel squads. That being said, the promoter should have a travel budget for each team, if the school wants to bring more, they can come out of pocket. I hope they can figure it out, I would like to see the best teams play. Agree with all of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLien12x Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Word outta Grayson from my folks is that it's unlikely. What a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYHSFAN33 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 31 minutes ago, Fred said: It has zero to do with the opponent and everything to do with the travel budget. They are offering to pay for part. No. They want us to split our team and take a subset. We dress 110 plus our coaches. It is not right to take only a portion and not all. 110 is a crazy number.....NCAA teams do not travel with this many players dressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECHS05 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Someone call Donald Trump and ask to borrow it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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