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If you are up for a little extra high school football, you can watch the Georgia state finals online this Monday-Wednesday at GPB.org. Public broadcasting has televised the football finals for decades in Georgia. Until a few years ago, they also showed the girls and boys basketball finals. But, there got to be so many classes in Georgia that the logistics became impossible to do basketball. The games will be played at Georgia State’s Stadium, the former Turner Field.

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I believe tickets were $20 per day.  The reason they are not playing indoors where the Falcons play, was the cost of rent for 3 days.  They have 9 championship games just like Tennessee.  They play 2 flag games, 12 noon and 1:30, prior to the normal A private and A public games that are played at 3:30 and 7.

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8 hours ago, sheppy said:

I believe tickets were $20 per day.  The reason they are not playing indoors where the Falcons play, was the cost of rent for 3 days.  They have 9 championship games just like Tennessee.  They play 2 flag games, 12 noon and 1:30, prior to the normal A private and A public games that are played at 3:30 and 7.

They actually played one year in the new stadium (well, they played two games and then a fluke snowstorm forced them to postpone the rest of the games until the next weekend, when they were played on campus) before deciding that the rent was too high and they moved to Georgia State. 

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3 hours ago, WillieTheWildcats said:

So cool to have two girl's flag football games. The second game is on right now.

The Atlanta Falcons played a significant role in getting girls flag football started in Atlanta and then it spread throughout the state.  It is a great way to promote and protect the sport of football. Many of those young ladies will have sons one day and hopefully their experience will encourage them to allow their kids to play football.

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1 hour ago, Joyful94 said:

The Atlanta Falcons played a significant role in getting girls flag football started in Atlanta and then it spread throughout the state.  It is a great way to promote and protect the sport of football. Many of those young ladies will have sons one day and hopefully their experience will encourage them to allow their kids to play football.

Really wish the TSSAA would jump on this bandwagon. Seems very low cost to schools and a great opportunity like you said to grow the sport in a different way.

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On 12/28/2020 at 6:29 PM, District12AA said:

Really wish the TSSAA would jump on this bandwagon. Seems very low cost to schools and a great opportunity like you said to grow the sport in a different way.

GA girls soccer season is in the Spring? TN would have to play opposite girls soccer.

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Just now, sheppy said:

I think Georgia is ahead in their thinking than most states. 8 champions for football + 2 flag championship and I believe they have over 400 schools playing tackle football.  Will have to check with my source to see how many flag teams there are.  

There were 100+/- that wanted to initially play flag football wound up with 70ish.  Had 2 classes, one of which were schools from A private, A public, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A.  The other class were 6A & 7A schools.  They thin next year it will be over 100 to actually compete.

Games were at Georgia State's field and will be there next year.  Price for Mercedes-Benz Stadium was over $700,000 for the games.

Tennessee has 350ish schools playing tackle football and 9 state champions.  JMHO, that's way too many.  4 public, 2 private is plenty.  That would eliminate most teams with losing records and for sure eliminates 1-9, 0-10 teams from being in playoffs.

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3 hours ago, chs1984 said:

Yes, sir. Soccer in the spring, softball in the fall in Ga. 

Don't know exactly how long it has been like this but I know for sure since fall 1991.  Guess why this is the way they do it in Ga?  So they don't run short of umpires for softball and baseball playing at the same time...old saying...MTMS!

 

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