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What could happen is Florida regresses to being a mediocre team and goes through a sucession of poor coaches and the game becomes massively one sided.

I'd like to know the logic behind the rule

seems silly to me

I'd guess the reason for the rule and the folks that implemented the rule are gone

I am 100% sure RRS recruiting will continue in the future.  I believe Arkansas and A&M recruit at Jerry World every year now. Georgia and Florida have agreed not to recruit at the WLOCP because it is a pain in the ass. If one team recruits there the other will be forced to follow suit. The Cocktail Party directly ended the multimillion dollar careers of McElwain and Mullen and was the last straw for Richt. Coaches did not want to have to deal with 50-100 recruits who are not even on campus there on top of all that other pressure. The SEC office is not the problem. If it was home and home, housing, meals and transportation for recruits and their families are baked in. There is no infrastructure in place for that 300+ miles away from campus. Nevertheless, I want to keep the WLOCP and so do most other fans and let these guys just recruit around that.

that may all be true, but the Georgia coach is smart enough to know his power is at it's peak when he's just brought home a national tile for the SEC

Yup, and if he says that recruiting is a reason to move the neutral site game to home-and-home, then there's a reason for it.

Note-- It might not be the reason he's stating...

The old "Evil Saban" accusation?

I guess they call 'em classics for a reason.

In my opinion, attending a home game as a recruit is more impressive than going to the Party.  If it's not, there's another problem.

If my only view of UGA football derived from a game in Jacksonville, I'd probably demur.  Athens is widely regarded as one of the top college towns for good reason.

It's unlikely, of course, that any major recruit would attend only that one game in Jacksonville, and not ever visit the actual campus.

But if, due to scheduling limitations, it's a choice between getting a visit in Jacksonville, or not getting one at all, then I'd think getting the visit ANYwhere would be better than nothing.

As I said before, if Georgia fans value the neutral site game, they should rebut the arguments of their head coach.  If they don't, then who cares, anyway?

For Texas and OU, the neutral site game is highly cherished by both the fans, and by the coaches, as a valuable recruiting tool.  It's a no-brainer.  But if Georgia and/or Florida fans don't really care all that much then it could go to home-and-home and resolve the issue easily.