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By SouthGaRebel

March 19, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

Surprise, surprise!!!!!!!! The folks based out of Atlanta once again do something to benefit only those in the Metro area by moving the HS State Chapiomships to Atlanta. Why not Macon? The true center of the State and make it easy for everyone to attend the State HS football championsips instead of just those in the Metro area. After all the best football in the State is found outside of the Metro Area.

By David

March 19, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this

Great! How many of these kids will ever get to play in such an arena as The Dome again in their lifetime? Very few if any! Now, how about providing a plan for overtime?

By jc

March 19, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

to Southgarebel….Ask any Kid where they would like to play a championship Football game…I bet very few would say somewhere in Macon

By Phog

March 19, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

The Dome may now be the symbol of the state playoffs, but how does it really benefit everybody?

Us south Georgia folks generally have to drive 3+ hours to get to Atlanta. Metro Atlanta and north Georgia? Not nearly as long.

Whose economy benefits from having the finals in the north? Atlanta’s. Macon’s, too (for the gasoline and restroom break).

Whose economy benefits from having it at a real home site? The wealth is pretty much spread evenly over the years.

Tift County had multiple fundraisers and spent a ton of money to finance a trip to Atlanta. What if they had won their semifinal and had to travel to Atlanta again the next week? Are we asking these people to stretch their wallets further when Peachtree Ridge wouldn’t have had to do so?

At the very least, alternate locations. Municipal Stadium in Columbus one year, Porter Stadium in Macon another, Granite Bowl, Cleveland Field, Memorial Stadium in Waycross, Sanford Stadium, Grayson Stadium, ARC Field, etc.

Just don’t make some of us make two costly trips every year when others wouldn’t have to make any.

By Howard

March 19, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

Georgia finally did what most other states around them have always done. Here in Florida, the games are usually rotated around the campus stadiums of FSU and Florida…this season some of them were even played at Dolphins Stadium. Playing in the Dome sounds nice, but maybe the GHSA could rotate this game…why not shift it to Sanford Stadium or Grant Field…or even shift it south to Paulsen Stadium at GSU?? I agree with the south Georgia schools that playing in the Dome would seem to me to be a home field advantage for schools in the metro area that made it to the “Big Dance.”

By Apaul404

March 19, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

I think if you asked the kids themselves they would resoundingly say yes to the Georgia dome. I think for most it would be a dream come true and a nice reward for making it so far.

By GW

March 19, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

It is all about $$$$ for the GHSA, not the schools or communities. OK, fine, but please, NO 9:00 AM championship games.

By rbh

March 19, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

I am from West GA area and my hometown team will undoubtly benefit from this; however, I feel for the small towns, especially in south GA,that will lose what could be the biggest event of the year.

Also,very unfair advantage to metro Atlanta teams in my opinion.

By Sims

March 19, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this

This is the GHSA deciding unilaterally what will be best for everyone. It’s all about them controlling the purse. Pure and simple. Macon wouldn’t be bad, but they lack the venue since Porter stadium doesn’t exist any more and Henderson isn’t in the best location. Warner Robins has a good seating capcity and great atmosphere.

The best solution is to leave it as it is.

By Car3boogie

March 19, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

Think about the KIDS for once… Please

Now only half as many will get to expierence the DOME…..

HUGE MISTAKE….. But i am sure it will save a few dollars at the expense of the kids….

By Car3boogie

March 19, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

Think about the KIDS for once… Please

Now only half as many will get to expierence the DOME…..

HUGE MISTAKE….. But i am sure it will save a few dollars at the expense of the kids….

By John

March 19, 2007 5:44 PM | Link to this

Way to go GHSA. You have gone back on your word of 1994 when you said this would be the thrill of a lifetime for the kids to play the semifinals in the dome…. Guess what you have done? You have now successfully eliminated half of the kids that would have played at the dome in the Semifinals by having the finals there. Way to go. Also, with the set up of four teams from each region. Wow! Just a possibility that a Lowndes or Valdosta state finals actually comes about, or an Athens, Cedar Shoals, or to explain the number 1 - 4 teams from Regions in Columbus, Savannah, Augusta, having to come to Atlanta to play a game when both teams have to travel from their counties. What expense is that to a school system.

How many Atlanta fans are coming out to see a Camden Co. Tift Co. finals, or a Lincoln Co. Commerce finals.. or Peach Co. Shaw Finals. Yes it would have been nice for Roswell and Peachtree ridge to play in the dome but Fulton Co. and Gwinnett Co. should have had the foresight to have built a stadium large enough for a championship game.

It is just not common sense to go to the dome when the possibility of this example. It will happen each year because of the four teams from each region being involved. It may not happen in all 5 or possibly 6 divisions but the chances are great that this will especially with 6 divisions.

Money, You are not going to make as much with 5 or 6 championship games as you would with 10 or 12 Semifinal games. Financially a bad deal

By Ed NSHS Fan

March 19, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this

I love it! We can now stopping hearing how a home team has advantages over the opposing team. This will level the field in Championship games. Northside High School of Warner Robins Georgia will be in the Dome. Go Eagles!!!!

By NHSEagle89

March 19, 2007 6:54 PM | Link to this

Playing a game in the dome is playing in a half empty canyon. The atmosphere is horrendous, to say the least. Horrible move by the GHSA.

By NorthsideWRGrad

March 19, 2007 8:22 PM | Link to this

Hi Todd!!!,

It’s nice to hear from you. I haven’t blogged with you in a while about high school football but I couldn’t let this debate go. As someone who grew up in Warner Robins but lives in Atlanta since 1991, I can see both sides of the issue. However, if GHSA really cares about “NEUTRAL” sites for playoff and championship games, try this idea: Jimmy from Valdosta said that the S. GA. schools should pool their resources and build a stadium. I have one better. If you look at how the GA Dome even came about existence, it was 85% publicly funded thru tax funds and 25% private donations. If the State Legislature and GHSA really cared about the this state as a whole and not just the Metro area, this state really needs another major venue in a different part of the state. Common sense would say somewhere in the MIDDLE GA area. As big as this state is, to have all the major facilities in just one geographic area makes no sense. The closest we have is either the Ag-Center in Perry, Henderson Stadium in Macon, or Fort Valley University Stadium. 1st we could have “Sonny do it!” and donate some of that land he made the huge profit in Mid-State toward the construction of an alternate major venue like the Dome. 2nd, we could do another combination of public and private funds of about a 60-40% or if possible 70-30% split. The higher percentage slighted to corporate sponsorship, i.e. Phillips Arena, Staples Center, Wachovia Center, etc. You would be surprised how many corporations would jump hand over foot for naming rights. 3rd, we could provide the public portion with bonds just like we did with the GA Dome. 4th, the venue could also be used year round for concerts, sporting events, etc. We could have the competing teams handle their own concessions, programs, memoriabilia, etc. on either side of the stadium with a percentage of proceeds determined by the GA Legislature to go back into the facility. Then there really could be an economic boon to not just the Mid-State area, but other areas as well that do travel. 5th, this would truly be a REAL “NEUTRAL” site that all four corners of the state could travel to equally.
I’m not an expert but this is a recommendation that I have thought about for years. I always said that if I ever was to hit the Lotto for any significant amount (like the $390 million), I would look at something like this. It just amazes me that as big as GA is, we are the only state that has all its major venues (the GA Dome, GT Campus venues, Gwinnett Arena, UGA Campus venues, Phillips Arena) all within about 30-40 miles of each other.
Hopefully “Sonny-Do” reads this like he read after “UGA Got Put In It’s Place” (and I AM a UGA fan), he can make it work.

By Sims, Warner Robins

March 19, 2007 8:24 PM | Link to this

IMHO, I believe that if your school has a more successful season. Successfully navigates the playoffs and ends up highly ranked in the state, then they SHOULD get home field advantage. But then again, that’s just my opinion.

By Billy BROOKWOOD

March 19, 2007 8:48 PM | Link to this

Good to see Georgai move into the 20th century. STATE CHAMPIONS ARE DECIDED ON NEUTRAL FIELDS WHERE NO ONE HAS A HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE!!!!

By NHSeagle74

March 20, 2007 7:12 AM | Link to this

I have been to the Dome for the Semi’s and been to the Finals both at home & away and I have to say it is an awesome experience for all involved. Saying that, I have an HOWEVER. The one thing I do not like about playing in the Dome is the fact that we as fans are not allowed to put up banners and signs. If you do they make you take them down and that takes away from the overall experience. I have heard that the owner of the Falcons says no to any and all signs in his stadium.

By cpa

March 20, 2007 7:17 AM | Link to this

I absolutely hate it that things have come to this (moving the finals out of the communities) — I have championed the views of the traditional, longtime South Georgia programs longer than anybody.

Bud here are some facts that South Georgia folks in the big classes are gonna have to deal w/ — 6 of the 8 regions in AAAAA & AAAA are made up of North Georgia schools.

It will only get worse in the near future — pretty soon another 10 mega-schools will be built in suburban Atlanta and Regions 1 & 3-AAAAA will be forced to combine and subdivide.

16-25 South Georgia schools in AAAAA & AAAA telling 150 schools in North Georgia what to do is not right — if you really wanted to be fair — South Georgia should get to host a final maybe only once every 4 years (depending on how the brackets work)

As far as the smaller classes go, I agree w/ the coaches who say they’d have a hard time telling someone in their town they couldn’t get a seat to the finals because they continued to have it in the local stadiums.

And finally, if any GHSA event belongs in the Dome, it’s the finals — not the semis. Prestige and the best should be reserved for the best teams and schools.

If maximizing opportunity to play in the Dome (re: the comment about cutting Dome participation in half) was an issue, the why not have the first round of all five classes in the Dome over one weekend (Friday thru Sunday) so 160 of the 400 GHSA schools could play there?

By SCHS Gamecock

March 20, 2007 8:39 AM | Link to this

Way to go GHSA or should I say Metro Atlanta HSA. Thanks for screwing all the small towns. The semi finals worked great. You had four teams from each classification in the Dome instead of two. Atlanta is not the center of GA HS football.

By Doug B

March 20, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

The athletes often look forward to playing in the Dome. Their numbers have now been cut in half. Unfortunately, the only other options of equal prestige are at UGA and Tech. Atlanta area teams will never have to travel to the opponents’ territory. The rest of the state will. Long trips often drain a lot of energy from high school teams. But this was true for the semifinals. Personally, I miss the old battle between the north and south Georgia champions which shifted back and forth to hosting schools each year from the two brackets. Dollar signs are flashing or the GHSA would not have made such a decision.

By 5-AAA Coach

March 20, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

How bout yall down there in south jawja stop fussin about your kids gettin screwed over location of the title game and start graduatin them? Maybe even get a few of them to switch out of the vocational tracks so you might send one or two players to a major college, like the metro area teams. All the talent is in the metro area. Pull up the archives of the AJC and check out signing day coverage.

By Andrew m

March 20, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

I think that moving the championship games to the dome is a BIG mistake. It only benefits the metro-atlanta schools and atlanta itself. As a result you will see less people going to the title game-especially from south GA.The only that could help even it out would be to have the GHSA give more of the revenues to the schools playing, and you know they are not going to do that. Well I guess we will be watching more football on TV now.

By Jim

March 20, 2007 7:59 PM | Link to this

I prefer the semi-finals being held at the Dome instead of just the finals. Twice the number of teams get to play there. I drove over from Augusta this year for the first time and really enjoyed seeing the different schools, bands, etc.

By David

March 20, 2007 11:00 PM | Link to this

I think this move only helps the football fans in North Georgia. There will be many parents and grandparents that can’t afford to go to Atlanta, but those Atlanta folks get the best of both world’s. They get the communities games and they get the communities revenues. I think if the GHSA is going to force this on the fans, then they should make the trip less expensive for the fans. Connsession prices should be dropped, parking fees should be waived and ticket prices should not be $12-$15 if they think there will be so many people attending the DOME. The local communities support their team all year, not Atlanta. So why does Atlanta get the reap all the benefits of the State Games. We do not have to be like other states, do we????

By Dawgfan16

March 21, 2007 7:39 AM | Link to this

I think this is a very big mistake on the GHSA’s part. The kids have worked so hard to get to the cahmpionship game why not let one team host the game or find a midway point between the two schools to let them play at. Don’t just let Atlanta get all the money, you know there are other parts of the state that can handle the crowds to. I mean all the teams that make the championship game will have already played at the dome once why not let them play the championship game either at home or a midway field between the teams if that is better. But it all comes down to one thing money!

By KSShake

March 21, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

I’m glad and I support changing the championships to neutral sites. Other states have already been doing this. There shouldn’t be a “home” championship football game. Now I’m not saying it should necessarily be played at the Dome either (those 9 am semifinal games are the stupidest thing next to the “ties”. But rotating them to the major college campuses (only) not a place where Warner Robins or Colubus schools play THEIR home games either. But I’ve never liked a championship game being played on one schools “home” field. NOTHING is more unfair than that. I don’t care if it’s Valdosta, Commerce, Lincolnton, Parkview, or Peach County. And as far as how it affects the economy of the “small” towns. Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and everywhere else has small towns but they seem to “get by” and enjoy having the opportunity to “go” play in the State Championship. How selfish AND unfair of both sides of the argument. Because to me it is about economics more than anything. Because it is true that the Dome isn’t fair to the folks in south Georgia just as much as it’s unfair for one of the metro Atlanta schools to go to Valdosta, Warner Robins, Lowndes, or Statesboro. I just don’t like how one side doesn’t look at the others, which leads me to believe “both” sides (metro Atlanta and rural and south Georgia) WANT the “unfair” advatage of having the homefield advantage for the championship game. It’s typical of the selfish, cheating culture that IS Georgia High School Athletics.

By D Hall

March 21, 2007 2:42 PM | Link to this

Let’s talk about something that really ruffles my feathers. The quality of officials involved with high school sports is deteriorating. The reasons are many. It used to be that officiating was treated as an avocation. Now, a lot of officials are involved to support their income. If I had my choice of who I wanted to call a game for me, who do you think I would choose? Someone who loves the game and is principled enough to call it fairly or someone who sees it as a meal ticket? Do I want someone who is educated and trained or do I want a convicted criminal? Go ahead and laugh. Trust me, in many cases, we have untrained, illiterate, criminals calling games just to help supplement their income. Why, one might ask? My opinion is that there is a lack of oversight. Who is responsible for doing criminal background checks on these people who work with our children? No one. It doesn’t make sense that we require everyone else who works with children in our state to undergo a background check and then let officials off the hook. Many times they work with our children and develop relationships through their interactions with them. What if that official is a pedophile? Who has checked? Surely, not the association they are involved with. Does the GHSA check them out? Don’t make me laugh. How about the State of Georgia? No way. The answer is that they are not being checked at all. To me, this is a top priority but who is going to address it? Remember, I said there is a lack of oversight. Heck, does anyone even think it is an issue other than me? I don’t know. I feel strongly about this lack of oversight and I would like to get others involved. Please feel free to post your comments on this blog. Maybe, if enough people think it is a major concern, we can get something done about it. Perhaps, we can even help get a program started that will help recruit, train, and supervise the type of officials our children deserve. At the very least, let’s try to make it safer for them.

By Jeff Harris

March 22, 2007 1:28 AM | Link to this

No one wants to win a trip to MACON! Yes it’s the center of the state, but with 80% of the teams north of Macon, it’s only the center by location only.

By Just the facts

March 23, 2007 8:25 AM | Link to this

The coaches completely control the GHSA through their voting procedures(nonsense about “unilateral” decisions). Personally, a neutral field is ideal. Officiating to “supplement income” (make me laugh). Try breaking even working high school football games as an official.

By Tim

March 23, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

Wow, this is amazing. I know everyone in Georgia resists change, but come on. What’s the difference between going to the semifinals in the Dome and going to the finals a week later? The Dome hasn’t moved. It’s not as if you all of a sudden have to go to the moon. Good grief.

Atlanta is easily the most accessible city in the state via interstate highway. People in Valdosta, for instance, can get there in less than four hours, and that’s about as far away from Atlanta as you can get and still be in Georgia.

And what other venue embodies the enormous magnitude of the high school football state championship in Georgia more than the dome? In Alabama they have the finals at decrepit Legion Field in Birmingham and the players and coaches from all the small towns are thrilled at that once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Now players who excitedly yell “We’re going to the Dome” after a playoff victory will actually have something to brag about. I’m sorry, but making it to the semi final - while a nice accomplishment - isn’t really anything to write home about, and having that round in the Dome has always seemed a bit anti-climactic.

People who resist this are simply short-sighted and selfish. How is going to the Dome with all the exposure that that will bring to your school any worse than playing a championship game tucked away in some corner of the state where no one is able to find out what happened until the day after? With the finals in the Dome all the games will probably be on TV. It’s a win-win situation. So suck it up. Get in your cars and drive the whole 3-4 hours or less that it takes to get to Atlanta, support your teams and find something more worthwhile to gripe about.

By Bryan

March 24, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

People don’t seem to realize that there were two options the GHSA was looking at, Dome Finals or increasing the # of seats for championship hosting rights. That would have elimanted most on campus stadiums in the state. South Georgia fans tell you “Build bigger stadiums” but it’s not practical to expand stadiums and build seats that may not be used in very many games. There are more important things than throwing money away at a football stadium.

By Ernest

March 24, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this

cpa brought good points to the blog. While Macon may be the ‘geographical’ center of the state, I bet most schools in the state are located north of I-20.

By Camden Boy

March 24, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this

I play for camden, Ive been going to the dome for the last three years to open my season up, and I will go there at least one more time for my senior home opener in 2007 (hopefully two, in the semis as well). I played there my freshman year in the semi-finals, but we havent made it back. But I would much rather play in a stadium than the dome for the state championship, even though this wont affect my class, I dont think they should change it. I don’t know about the rest of the guys playing ball, but I’d rather play on a cold night in december outside than inside of a climate controlled dome. As for metro-atlanta teams, I think if they end up with home field advantage in a state championship game, they should have the option of holding it in the dome. but take the 2003 5A state championship teams, Camden and Valdosta, two teams from down south, why would they want to travel 5 hours to play a game when they could have it at home. As for overtime Mr. Dave, Each team should get possesion of the ball from the 20 yard line. if neither, or both teams score, than you repeat the process until one team scores and the other doesn’t. I’m still in shock of last years state championships, how do you end two state championships in one year in ties? and you saw the looks on the kids faces, they weren’t happy about tieing, they were disappointed.

By Camden Boy

March 24, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this

By 5-AAA Coach

March 20, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

How bout yall down there in south jawja stop fussin about your kids gettin screwed over location of the title game and start graduatin them? Maybe even get a few of them to switch out of the vocational tracks so you might send one or two players to a major college, like the metro area teams. All the talent is in the metro area. Pull up the archives of the AJC and check out signing day coverage.

I’m Sorry, I know I just posted, I tried to be civilized, but how should I respond to something like this. What two schools signed more players this year than any other two schools combined?? Oh yea, CAMDEN COUNTY AND CHARLTON COUNTY. We have more talent run through here in one year than metro-atlanta does in 5. There were two great people who signed from metro-atlanta this year— Rennie Curran and Caleb King, personally I think there overrated, because CAMDEN has beaten BOTH of them in the season opener in the Dome. Besides them, who else signed big??? Just because all you read about is teams from atlanta, it doesn’t mean there more talented. theyre just the rich folks who live in the city and put money in the GHSA’s pocket, or should i say Metro-Atlanta SA. Don’t think for a minuete the best talent is in the north, theres just more reporters you stupid Mother !%$*#&. And speaking of major colleges, we have darlron spead starting corner at VANDY, kevin mcneil starting defensive end at FLORIDA STATE, a NATIONAL CHAMPION AND NFL DRAFTEE LINE BACKER FROM FLORIDA BRIAN CRUMB, A Defensive end headed to CLEMSON, A WR headed to GEORGIA TECH, A starting ALL AMERICAN at WESTERN MICHIGAN, A Starting Corner at MARSHALL, STUMP MITCHEll and TRAVIS TAYLOR OF THE NFL, The List keeps going man, I can keep typing names, but I don’t think your dumb @#$ will get the picture. Anyway, So where do you coach?? I’m really interested to know, but it doesn’t matter, Camden or Charlton, or Early County, or probly even one of the 0-10 savanna teams would beat them.

By Bryan

March 25, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this

“As for metro-atlanta teams, I think if they end up with home field advantage in a state championship game, they should have the option of holding it in the dome.”

Camden Boy,

You can’t just ask for the dome and get it in a week. Contracts have to be signed and fees have to be paid. It would need to be decided well in advance and the GHSA would be held liable for breach of contract if it was decided not to be held in the Dome. THis allows more fans to watch the game, and the chances of an all south Georgia final are very low in AAAA. Only Region 1 and 3 are based south of Macon in class AAAAA. Warner Robins and Camden will play at the Dome to open the season and I see no complaints about that, so the All S. Georgia arguement is mute.

It is a once in a lifetime chance for the players and should be on a big time stage. I would follow my team anywhere for the State Championship game. Build a big time stadium on the coast, I’ll be there. I’d love to go to the Savannah area for a game.

By Camden Boy

March 25, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

Bryan— you brought up a good point about the contracts that i didn’t think about. And while the chances of an all south ga title game are slim to none in the large classifications, what about the smaller ones. Charlton has been there 3 times in 3 years, and i don’t think they’re quite finished. Do you think charlton and early county should have had to travel 5 hours to play the state championship game?? both teams are from the south. I think they just need to switch off whos at home every year on the brackets. The Dome is a great experience no doubt, but if you come down here to camden, you will see we have 8,000 plus at every home game. Football means everything to this community, so why should we have the oppurtunity to play a state championship at home taken away from us? And your right, Neither Warner Robins or Camden County are complaining about our first game match up being in the dome next year, but that is a thing that many schools participate in, not just the final two.

By Bryan

March 25, 2007 6:09 PM | Link to this

Camden Boy, you have some good points, but I still feel the Dome is the best choice. Many people could not see their teams play in the finals due to overcrowding at the sites. The GHSA’s other option would be to increase the minimum seating requirements, which for AAAAA would have eliminated all but 15 schools from hosting a game. This way, everyone is on equal footing and no one else will be cheated out of hosting a championship game. It would not be fair to make a rule that 85% of your membership could not complie with, so the Dome game is the next best option.

By Camden Boy

March 25, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this

Thats true.. but ive been thinking about it, and i think ive come up with a solution. The games should switch off between The Dome and the Georgia Southern Stadium. Personally I think thats fair enough.. I mean its still neutral sites, and then me and everyone else would shut up about the atlanta teams being favored, and find something else to complain about lol.

By Bryan

March 25, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this

I’d be fine with that. It would probably be more fair. I would prefer rotating sites to make things interesting.

By Camden Boy

March 26, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

yea, it would make things more equal.

By KSShake

March 26, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this

Rotating between the Dome and Gerogia Suothern’s campuses, That’s the fair resolution. Personally, I like Grant Field, more than the Dome. (Maybe my feelings will change on a cold, rainy, nasty December day, or evening). But, I don’t care where your school is from, NO ONE should “host” the Championship game from their campus stadium. I don’t care if it’s Brookwood, Camden, Parkview, Lowndes, Roswell, Colquitt, Charlton, Carrollton or Stephenson (Memorial Stadium, don’t let me get on that, cause in my opinion, Stephenson, Douglass, Tucker, ect. NEVER get to experience a TRUE “home” game or have the benefit of improving “their” schools’ financial status, (their money gets divided up by county school systems athletic department. So I really can’t sympathis with these south Georgia schools too much. At least you have your own stadiums to play ALL of your regular season and playoff “home” games at. It could be worse you could play at Lakewood, Memorial, Adams, Panthersville, or North Dekalb (which should be Chamblee’s home field). But it would still be pretty stupid for Lowndes and Camden or Warner Robins or Charlton to play Dublin and come to the Dome to play a game the could play at Georgia Southern.

By Bryan

March 27, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this

The rotating sites would be better, perhaps A, AAA, and AAAAA could play in the Dome one year while AA and AAAA could play at Georgia Southern and the next year they switch. Or maybe they could place those classes at the site by the geographic location of the schools involved with a minimum of two games at each site; and if there is a dispute, it goes to the opposite site that class was last held. Either way, it removes home field advantage and it spreads the championship revenues to other parts of the state.

By ric1113

March 29, 2007 7:12 PM | Link to this

I think its a great idea. That way everybody can watch the title game on TV, Or go to the Dome. Championship teams should be seen by everybody. Very few teams have made it there like the Lincoln and valdosta and parkviews.