Gov. DeSantis says he saved Florida-Georgia football game from leaving Jacksonville
Florida’s Governor says he “denied” a push to turn the annual football game between Georgia and Florida into a home-and-home series that would have moved it from Jacksonville, where it’s been for decades, despite the theory that UF would make more money hosting the game.
“As a conservative, I understand my job is just as much to prevent bad ideas from going into place as it is to facilitate good,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during an appearance at “The Gathering.”
DeSantis noted that “a couple of years ago” he “had some people come to (him) with an idea and they said, ‘Governor, we have calculated that we could make more money for the University of Florida if we moved the Florida-Georgia game fr...
