According to a draft of the contract obtained by the Athens Banner-Herald through an open records request, the new deal calls for the game to be played in Jacksonville through the 2016 season. The city of Jacksonville would get an exclusive "right of first negotiation", a window that would open ten days after the 2014 season and close on June 15 of the following year.
Following that window, and if an extension is not agreed upon, the two schools would be permitted to negotiate with other cities, which basically means Atlanta, for the right to host the game.
Additionally, the contract stipulates that Georgia, which has further to travel than Florida, would receive an additional $300,000 in travel reimbursements in 2010 on top of the $50,000 they already receive.
The $300K would be used to charter three 50-seat passenger jets that would transport players, coaches and other members of the traveling party to the game. That $300K would then increase by ten percent each year over the life of the contract.
Also, the new agreement calls for the two schools to retain the right to sell sponsorship of the game if they so desire.
There are no plans to do that at this point in time, but they "want to have that option and the right to do that" according to UF senior associate athletic director Greg McGarity.
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