Florida to see rival's license plates across the Sunshine State, with more to come
Florida will soon see Georgia Bulldogs license plates across the Sunshine State following a campaign by the Bulldogs to secure 3,000 presales of the specialty plate.
The University of Georgia put out an explanation to its alumni about the issue to clarify the timeline:
Our team is now working with the State of Florida to verify each sale. Once that becomes official with the state, they will begin production of the license plate for those who have purchased a voucher. It will take approximately 3-4 months for the plates to be produced and mailed to your local tax collector’s office. The Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles will notify voucher holders when the plates have shipped to their local tax collector’s office so the purchase can be completed there.
Alabama is handling a similar campaign, and it’s called “Tag It Bama.” For example, the Pensacola Bama Club explains it this way:
You can now purchase your official University of Alabama License Plate for Florida directly from the Escambia County Tax Collectors Office. Regardless of the county you live in, this is the official site to purchase your voucher! Click the button below to be redirected to make your purchase.
Auburn explained it this way last summer:
A new Florida law, SB 364, reduces a requirement of pre-sold, out-of-state college license plates from 4,000 to 3,000. As of June 13, Auburn had sold 2,335 pre-sale vouchers and only requires 665 more residents to place their order for production to begin.
“After several years of hard work by Florida legislators and the Auburn clubs across the state, a new car tag will become available in Florida for alumni, fans and friends of Auburn University once the pre-sale number is reached,” said Jessica King, director of marketing and communications in Auburn Advancement. “With less than 650 pre-sale vouchers left to sell, residents in the state of Florida are encouraged to act now to make driving with Auburn pride a possibility.”
NEW: Georgia Bulldogs license plates are coming to Florida soon.
Auburn and Alabama are not far behind.
Any out-of-state university with 3,000 presales can now have a specialty plate in Florida. pic.twitter.com/zMQq23HbTS
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) January 25, 2023
If you see a beamer with a UGA tag and the ID is “UncleTDOW”
that’s not me
I’m surprised Florida didn’t offer them before now. I’ve had a GA Auburn plate for a decade.
Thats right, send your money to Florida. I hope they sell 100,000 plates from any school, love it.
Tailwhip that’s not how it works. Georgia has been doing this for decades with Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. It goes to the state not the schools or any school. This just makes sense though since Florida’s biggest border state and most of its border is with Georgia and so so many Georgia fans live in Florida. It’s just a way for that state to make more money and people have the option to show their fandom. It is NOT going to sunbelt billy so he can write more IOU’s to recruits.
Reading is hard.
Tailwhip is a little confused.
Reading is not hard but sometimes comprehension is.
Whip never dais anything about the money going to SunBelt Billy or the University of Florida.
He correctly stated the money would go to Florida. The state of Florida for those of you confused and slow to understand
Why would you send your money to Florida (state of) if you already live there?
When you buy or re new a license plate you pay the state, people who already live in Florida do not get free plates
tail clearly meant Georgia/Alabama residents. Moving on.
They’ll see more beatdowns too. Butttt, if the actually keep their coach for a few years, those may lessen..
I honestly don’t know why anyone even cares??? You have always been able to do this type of thing!!!!
Negan
Bandwagon fans everywhere
Georgia fans are loyal. One SEC fan base disappeared for 15+ years until this past year.