ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -The annual Georgia-Florida football game will be staying in Jacksonville. The Georgia athletic board approved a new six-year contract Wednesday that would keep the game in the northeast Florida city through 2016. Athletic director Damon Evans proposed the new deal, citing the game's rich tradition and a guarantee by CBS to televise the game every year at 3:30 p.m. The current deal ends after the 2010 game, and there was speculation Georgia might want to play the Gators at Sanford Stadium in alternating years instead of 84,000-seat Jacksonville Municipal Stadium every season. Also, officials in Atlanta had proposed playing the game at the Georgia Dome - much closer to Georgia's Athens campus - at least once every four years.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
