Sounds like a good fix, I like the tradition. I don't think the distance cited is any impediment. Dawg fans like to rent condos and whatnot at Jekyll and St. Simons anyway.
Actual home games I think are more impressive and that's where recruits play most of their games in general (though UGA doesn't get many true home games typically aside from two against pastries).
Yeah, I can understand that,
And no offense intended to the WLOCP, but from a recruiting perspective, I don't think you can compare the Georgia-Florida game played in an NFL stadium TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, to the TX-OU game played at the historic Cotton Bowl in Dallas, on the State Fairgrounds, in the midst of the State Fair. One is a game at an NFL stadium, and one annually is the most incredible atmosphere ever, for a college football game. There aren't just 100,00 people inside the stadium, but there are an additional 150K-200K outside the stadium and on the Fairgrounds, on TX-OU gameday. It's an unbelievable gameday environment.
If for some reason TX-OU were ever moved to the Cowboys' stadium, then the experiences would be more comparable. But until then. I can definitely see how a home game in Athens or Gainesville, would be a better college football experience for a recruit than Jacksonville game, while hosting recruits in the Cotton Bowl, is just as good as, and in many ways better, than hosting recruits in Austin or Norman.
Regardless, I definitely think that if Georgia/Florida value the neutral site game and want to continue it, then they should be allowed to host recruits there. Allowing the designated home team for TX-OU to do so, has worked out just fine, for many many decades. I'm not sure why such a rule would exist in the SEC anyway.