Out of State? You CAN have a successful recruitment at Alabama

[SFDCgirl]

I am in Atlanta and I know because of the Hope Scholarship many students who can't get into Georgia but still want the SEC experience are heading to Auburn and Alabama. I also read an interesting piece by Steve Forbes about student loans and the price of tuition rising greater than standard inflation because of easy access to student loan money. A winning football team + moderate weather climate + easy access to student loans to pay the higher out-state tuition = makes complete sense they would go after the out of state students. But if I was a taxpayer in Alabama and my flagship state university was courting out of state students, I'm not sure how I would feel.

Speaking of that-- I was also reading that more than 50% of Michigan State University graduates were leaving the state for employment after graduation. I know the economy has especially hit the industrial Midwest pretty hard, but that number surprised me.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by SFDCgirl

I am in Atlanta and I know because of the Hope Scholarship many students who can't get into Georgia but still want the SEC experience are heading to Auburn and Alabama.

I firmly believe that this is the motivation for Georgia State getting a football team.

[carnation]

And Mercer! And Kennesaw! And Shorter! And () Berry!

[SFDCgirl]

Originally Posted by BraveMaroon

I firmly believe that this is the motivation for Georgia State getting a football team.

Oh yeah! And how many teams get to play a game at Bryant-Denny in their inaugural season? GSU lost 63-7, but what a experience for a brand new program.