Inaugural Media Day attracts more than 1,700 players

Score Atlanta’s Georgia High School Football Media Day, sponsored by high school sports video giant HUDL, pushed through more than 1,700 Georgia players last Wednesday at the IBEW building in downtown Atlanta.

Most of the schools brought their senior classes and spent 45 minutes with the media, including a head coach and two-player interview on the digital broadcast, which was shown live on the Atlanta News First app, the NFHS Network and Score’s YouTube page. More than 75 media attended, and the day lasted from 10 a.m. to almost 6 p.m.

The event was done in partnership with Georgia High School Football Daily, as founders Todd Holcomb and Chip Saye spent time with players and coaches as well as doing an interview on the broadcast.

“I think the key for us was coming out of the shoot with a company like HUDL as the title sponsor and having the use of the historic IBEW building,” Score Atlanta president I.J. Rosenberg said. “The Score staff worked hard to pull it off, as did Ted Langford, who handles the business side of GHSF Daily. I know Todd, Chip, Ted and myself want to do our best to promote the high school game in Georgia. I am not going to mention names because I don’t want to leave anyone out, but while it was great having some of the best players in the state there, it was better seeing all the seniors that will be playing their last season of football this year.”

Rusty Mansell of DawgsHQ was also very involved.

“Rusty moves the dial when it comes to high school sports and helping these players get to the next level,” Rosenberg said. “This was a great opportunity for these seniors, who want to take the next step and play in college but don’t have many opportunities yet, to meet Rusty and get a feel of what he feels about their college chances.”

Rosenberg added that he would like to expand the event to three days next year, with one of them in south Georgia and another north of the metro Atlanta area.”