Urban Meyer Reacts To Jon Sumrall Making Players Earn The Right To Wear Florida Logos

New Florida head coach Jon Sumrall recently revealed that he is making his players earn the right to wear Florida logos...

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“Gotta earn it. Gotta earn the logo,” Sumrall said. “We ain’t earned it yet. We haven’t earned a damn thing. All we’ve got is our name."

"To wear the Florida Gator logo, to wear the Gators across your helmet, to wear the Gator head, you got to earn that.”

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Former head coach Urban Meyer was asked about Sumrall's decision and said he loves it. Per On3:

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“I love it,” Meyer said. “I agree with it, and I did it at a couple of stops. Bowling Green I did it, but we didn’t have gear. We didn’t have enough money to buy gear. Utah we did it to a degree. I’m just a firm believer that you have to earn it. Once you earn it, you really get rewarded. That’s the way I was brought up, and that’s what I believe in.

“At Florida, we took everything away and I wanted to prove a point. The expectations are a National Championship caliber team and that’s what Steve Spurrier did. If you’re not doing that, you’re going to hear it. I expect that out of this staff and out of the players. They weren’t allowed to wear Florida gear, and you earned it back.

“There was a time where coaches would get a raise as a staff. I took that away. I said ‘we’re not doing that’. If you’re a great coach you get a bigger raise. If you’re not a great coach, you won’t get the raise. We don’t do it as a group. You do it as individuals. Same with the team. You don’t just earn it back, you earn it back if you bust your arse.”

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