I will be attending this event as my good friend is the President of the Chamber there. Here is a sample of one out of several emails he has received regarding the event. The funny thing is that they have sold over 950 tickets already, and have had to move the event to a football stadium close by...... FYI, they had Fulmer and some key members of the 1998 national championship to speak at this event last year and sold just over 250 tickets total.....enjoy
It was great talking to you on Friday. The email below is just one of the many we have received. It is really amazing how some of these people are acting. I have attached the billboard – it is on I-75 not far from the Lenoir City exit. I’m glad you are going to be here for the dinner – if you’ll send me your address I’ll get the tickets in the mail this week.
Have a great day.
I thought it was a joke when I read that the Chamber of Commerce in Athens was inviting Nick Saban to speak!! If this is true, then I have lost ALL respect for your organization! I can only hope that the people who made this decison are not TN fans because that would be the biggest "stab in the back"
they could make. I can only assume we have a Bama lover sitting on this committee/board or whatever you call it and this person had enough "power"
to make this happen.
This makes me want to NEVER support anything in Athens ever again. I have relatives there but I will do my best to never do business in Athens. I hope the guy who posted this on Vol Chat can turn a lot of people against you if you truly did this. I don't want to hear that this isn't about football....bull!!!! Yes it is...the bottom line is that you are in TN. You would NEVER find a city or town that is fairly close to the home of the Crimson Turds that would DARE invite TN's coach to speak. NEVER!!!! Why?!
Because AL folks are too loyal and they wouldn't buy the ticket to the event...that's why?!
I have already read the response you sent someone and I have this to say about it..
1) Nick Saban isn't going to benefit the Athens community any more than a great leader from TN!!!!! Period!!!!
2) I grew up in Monroe County and your argument that Sweetwater has fans of other teams is correct but that's the case in Tuscaloosa, AL or anywhere you look!!!! And for your information, I can assure you that at least 80% of the people in Sweetwater are die-hard TN fans so that argument is extremely weak!!
3) No, the businesses may not have made the decision but YOU represent them and you made the decision. Someone has to pay for this pathetic decision so the only way many of us can do that is to stop spending money in Athens.
That's our right of course!
4) Regardless of what you or anyone who had anything to do with this decision may think, you CANNOT be so naive as to think that Saban agreed out of the goodness of his heart...please....this shrewd person is doing it to benefit recruiting...PERIOD!! Don't for a second think differently or you are a fool!
So, on behalf of the vast number of TN fans, thank you for doing your part in helping Saban and the hated AL program. I can only hope that people are not dumb enough to support your event. I know I would absolutely throw away any ticket to this event if I knew you invited someone like him. We'll see if true Vol fans support you or if the AL fans who do happen to live in our great state will be the ones to fill the room. I can only hope it ends up being the supporters of that program who show up. No true die-hard fan would dare support this...
Congrats on showing your true colors...I imagine it is crimson and white.
Perhaps you should move there where you can listen to Saban all the time rather than bring that crap here to Big Orange Country!!!!
It was great talking to you on Friday. The email below is just one of the many we have received. It is really amazing how some of these people are acting. I have attached the billboard – it is on I-75 not far from the Lenoir City exit. I’m glad you are going to be here for the dinner – if you’ll send me your address I’ll get the tickets in the mail this week.
Have a great day.
I thought it was a joke when I read that the Chamber of Commerce in Athens was inviting Nick Saban to speak!! If this is true, then I have lost ALL respect for your organization! I can only hope that the people who made this decison are not TN fans because that would be the biggest "stab in the back"
they could make. I can only assume we have a Bama lover sitting on this committee/board or whatever you call it and this person had enough "power"
to make this happen.
This makes me want to NEVER support anything in Athens ever again. I have relatives there but I will do my best to never do business in Athens. I hope the guy who posted this on Vol Chat can turn a lot of people against you if you truly did this. I don't want to hear that this isn't about football....bull!!!! Yes it is...the bottom line is that you are in TN. You would NEVER find a city or town that is fairly close to the home of the Crimson Turds that would DARE invite TN's coach to speak. NEVER!!!! Why?!
Because AL folks are too loyal and they wouldn't buy the ticket to the event...that's why?!
I have already read the response you sent someone and I have this to say about it..
1) Nick Saban isn't going to benefit the Athens community any more than a great leader from TN!!!!! Period!!!!
2) I grew up in Monroe County and your argument that Sweetwater has fans of other teams is correct but that's the case in Tuscaloosa, AL or anywhere you look!!!! And for your information, I can assure you that at least 80% of the people in Sweetwater are die-hard TN fans so that argument is extremely weak!!
3) No, the businesses may not have made the decision but YOU represent them and you made the decision. Someone has to pay for this pathetic decision so the only way many of us can do that is to stop spending money in Athens.
That's our right of course!
4) Regardless of what you or anyone who had anything to do with this decision may think, you CANNOT be so naive as to think that Saban agreed out of the goodness of his heart...please....this shrewd person is doing it to benefit recruiting...PERIOD!! Don't for a second think differently or you are a fool!
So, on behalf of the vast number of TN fans, thank you for doing your part in helping Saban and the hated AL program. I can only hope that people are not dumb enough to support your event. I know I would absolutely throw away any ticket to this event if I knew you invited someone like him. We'll see if true Vol fans support you or if the AL fans who do happen to live in our great state will be the ones to fill the room. I can only hope it ends up being the supporters of that program who show up. No true die-hard fan would dare support this...
Congrats on showing your true colors...I imagine it is crimson and white.
Perhaps you should move there where you can listen to Saban all the time rather than bring that crap here to Big Orange Country!!!!