AL Residents, 91 to go
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I ordered mine first thing. I've been waiting since I moved from Starkville to AL almost 50 yrs ago. Wish I'd won the lottery, I'd be giving charity donations to Dawg tags! So close, not much time left.
88! Someone is busting their *** on this, because I think I made a post about it last week and we were about 140.
Here's the link for anyone who wants to track.
https://precommit.mvtrip.alabama.gov/UserCommit/Index
https://precommit.mvtrip.alabama.gov/UserCommit/Index
Maybe a little....
but we had a surge of communications out of Starkville twice before, and didn't have nearly this success. My wife's theory is that our alumni just always wait to commit; we see this in BHam all the time with registrations for MSU events in town. We'll spend weeks wringing our hands over low turnout, then a couple of days before the event, *bam*, surge of contacts.
but we had a surge of communications out of Starkville twice before, and didn't have nearly this success. My wife's theory is that our alumni just always wait to commit; we see this in BHam all the time with registrations for MSU events in town. We'll spend weeks wringing our hands over low turnout, then a couple of days before the event, *bam*, surge of contacts.
I can't speak to the Texas requirements....
but until last year Alabama had a law on the books that no out-of-state universities could have license plates. Not sure what legislator thought that was worth ensconcing in law back in the day, but it was there.
State has several grads in the legislature that had been trying to roll back that statute for years (at the urging of our alumni association, of course). We pow-wowed with other schools in the region and finally got enough people to realize that this was an opportunity to direct free money to the state's general fund, and the law was changed last year.
Now, as far as the current process, it does require 1,000 pre-commitments, and they have to pay the money up front, so this is no small effort. From what I can tell there can be a lower requirement of 250 pre-commitments if you accept a simpler design.
I was expecting some of the other nearby schools to have their own drives going, particularly Tennessee and UGA. So far it's just us and y'all, though, and I don't think you guys are going to come anywhere near the 1,000 mark.
but until last year Alabama had a law on the books that no out-of-state universities could have license plates. Not sure what legislator thought that was worth ensconcing in law back in the day, but it was there.
State has several grads in the legislature that had been trying to roll back that statute for years (at the urging of our alumni association, of course). We pow-wowed with other schools in the region and finally got enough people to realize that this was an opportunity to direct free money to the state's general fund, and the law was changed last year.
Now, as far as the current process, it does require 1,000 pre-commitments, and they have to pay the money up front, so this is no small effort. From what I can tell there can be a lower requirement of 250 pre-commitments if you accept a simpler design.
I was expecting some of the other nearby schools to have their own drives going, particularly Tennessee and UGA. So far it's just us and y'all, though, and I don't think you guys are going to come anywhere near the 1,000 mark.
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Virginia ...
Leads the country in 'personalized plates.' Simply put .. they make more money on these plates. And, they make it easier. It only takes commitments from 350 and submitted design to get a plate for 'out of state' universities.
Thus, there are Virginia plates for 85 different schools. UVA has 2 different plates and Va Tech has 3 (Go Hokies!). Penn St, theOSU, Duke, Notre Dame, Univ of Michigan, +
Three SEC schools have tags in VA ... Florida, Texas A&M & Auburn
Shoot, any Virginia business that has a fleet of 100 vehicles can get "Business logo" special plates ... Cox Cable, Dominion Power, Verizon, etc.
Leads the country in 'personalized plates.' Simply put .. they make more money on these plates. And, they make it easier. It only takes commitments from 350 and submitted design to get a plate for 'out of state' universities.
Thus, there are Virginia plates for 85 different schools. UVA has 2 different plates and Va Tech has 3 (Go Hokies!). Penn St, theOSU, Duke, Notre Dame, Univ of Michigan, +
Three SEC schools have tags in VA ... Florida, Texas A&M & Auburn
Shoot, any Virginia business that has a fleet of 100 vehicles can get "Business logo" special plates ... Cox Cable, Dominion Power, Verizon, etc.
Down to 33 now. It's crazy how much the number has dropped in just the last few days. Just last week it was still almost 150 short.
The power of Bulldog Sports Radio or just the gravitational pull of HD6. Either way - it worked.
Yeah, I think the "wait and see" mode was a big factor in things for some alumni.
Not real sure why. You would be refunded the money if we didn't make it to 1,000.
Not real sure why. You would be refunded the money if we didn't make it to 1,000.
Texas uses Myplates.com, so it's all added revenue with no extra cost to the state. Too simple...
To be fair, if they don't get it in by May, they'll have a standing backup plan for September:
https://precommit.mvtrip.alabama.gov/UserCommit/ViewPlateImageForTag/29
https://precommit.mvtrip.alabama.gov/UserCommit/ViewPlateImageForTag/29
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