Trump will be attending the College Football Championship game here in Atlanta next week. Does he (and staff and secret service) pay for tickets?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33524

) January 4th, 2018

We Atlantans were thrilled to learn that downtown will be even more messed up than usual because the President has decided to attend the UGA-Alabama game next week.

The president and his wife will be here, along with a senator (maybe two), various other politicians, friends, and a raft of Secret Service and other folks.

Do they pay for their tickets? I can see Trump getting in gratis – what about everyone else?

[Note: the latest word is that the cheapest tickets on Stubhub are around $2500.]

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And, if I may add to your question, will they walk out if one or more of the players takes a knee?

chyna (51576

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@chyna – great question. This is college. I doubt the players would take a knee, because they’re all looking for NFL jobs in the future,

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Only a small percentage of the players will make it to the NFL draft and fewer still will go into coaching so potentially there are a lot who could use this forum to express their anger with institutional racism without jeopardizing their careers in football @elbanditoroso

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Just saw on the news that the players will be held in their locker rooms so they can’t take a knee with the president there.

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