Would NEVER give a penny. FREE everything for the "so called" students as it is. Sorta like giving money to Trump
Could the NIL fund backfire?
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Yeah they could set that fund up for years and get a tax break for doing it.
Where are all his oads? That million should be chump change for them. Why not 10-20 million.
You mean old pedophile deadbeat grandfather Joe, right? He's the one all in on the FREE stuff even when you're here illegally.
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It sounds like i was joking but you nailed it. It would be cool as hell if they did this. A little pay it backward story would help on the PR front too.
Millionaires hitting up less well off people to pay future millionaires feels pretty tone deaf.
Yeah - this kind of fails for me. Even the name is corny and not really related to UK.
Seems like they are asking for donations from the "common fans" so the future millionaires he recruits can be paid while in college. And then when you see the totals and you know the former NBA guys don't seem to be contributing a dime, it feels like it's not well thought out.
Factor in an extended period of sub-par performance for the program over the last 5+ years already and I think a lot of people would be very, very hesitant to contribute.
Seems like they are asking for donations from the "common fans" so the future millionaires he recruits can be paid while in college. And then when you see the totals and you know the former NBA guys don't seem to be contributing a dime, it feels like it's not well thought out.
Factor in an extended period of sub-par performance for the program over the last 5+ years already and I think a lot of people would be very, very hesitant to contribute.
He loses it if he gives it to NIL. What a total throw away of hard earned money. None of these kids should be making money to play college sports. They are getting a free education. If they don’t like school go to G league. Ridiculous.
And it will come, believe me. Those kind of people truly believe that. Unreal
What an awful take. There are people who cannot afford to give and others who just don’t want to for various reasons, most which have been mentioned. None of this makes these fans fair weather fans. One poster above said he knew this type of statement was coming and I told him to bank on it. And here we are. You just sound like a pompous ass saying stuff like this. If you want to give, go ahead but you have no right to judge anyone else if they don’t. Just wow.
No I said fans who only want to give when the team wins to their liking. I also said it was not for Cal, but the players. Not pompous at all, just saying if you are going to bitch about donating or not donate based off your idea of how much the team should win, just save it in your piggy bank and not give. It is NOT a requirement for fans to donate, it is simply a option / choice. If you do not want to, don't. But don't post BS about team needs to please you first. (not you directly, but posters who say that.)
Sorry but I just had to put 2 grand into my daily driver. A few years ago I would have got a different car. Can't afford that these days.
How many billions of dollars do we have in NBA contracts now? My couple thousand dollars a year I spend on traveling to watch the team play is about all my family can handle.
It’s all anybody should be asked to contribute. Asking for donations when they rake it in like they do is borderline insulting.
It’s true. Trot out a coal miner for PR. Hit all of the coal miners friends and family up for money later, curiously no PR.
I mean I guess that’s one way you could look at it.
the sport is already semi pro & the kids are already used to getting what they want
go ahead and support what this clown of a coach does. The FANS made UK basketball, not ccc. He hates the fans and cares only about himself & how many he can get to the NBA. No fan base is more supportive than UK.
AS lousy as his results have been lately, the fan support is better than he deserves.
A Kentucky coal miner rushed from work to watch a basketball game with his son. Now he's being rewarded with VIP tickets.
"He wanted to be there with his son," Coach John Calipari said of the dad who rushed from the mine to the game without being able to shower.
www.cbsnews.com
For real. Cal's guys have made over $4 billion in earnings and he's hitting up Jimmy and Suzy Smalltown Kentucky for cash for his primadonnas?
Expecting average folks to donate money for NIL…considering the economy and how much people are struggling is incredibly tone deaf.
Especially considering our AMAZING GOODWILL AMBASSADOR coach is making $10 million a year and our guys in the NBA are worth billions.
Also factor in all the money average folks/fans already spend on UK.
Not to mention Calipari’s results (and pompous attitude) the last several years have been awful.
Especially considering our AMAZING GOODWILL AMBASSADOR coach is making $10 million a year and our guys in the NBA are worth billions.
Also factor in all the money average folks/fans already spend on UK.
Not to mention Calipari’s results (and pompous attitude) the last several years have been awful.
They have closed the doors on the mines in Kentucky.A Kentucky coal miner rushed from work to watch a basketball game with his son. Now he's being rewarded with VIP tickets.
"He wanted to be there with his son," Coach John Calipari said of the dad who rushed from the mine to the game without being able to shower.
The NIL fund is probably the only way UK can stay relevant IMO. Unless we miraculously land the next Coach K/Bob Knight type of coaching talent that can deliver for decades. I think UK is closer to an "Indiana" than we might realize. It could be very easy for UK to slip into that category if we aren't carefule.
Kentucky is a fly over state. There isn't great basketball talent here. There's not a lot of things to draw outside talent. It's a "poor" state. It's also a "red" state with largely conservative fans, and I don't think that's going to make kids want to come here (it might not hurt, but it's not going to help). The state of Kentucky just doesn't have a great reputation with young generations, whether that's right careful. Basketball players aren't itching to play for UK.
So to combat this, we have to figure out NIL and also figure out how to tap into this huge fanbase that loves to spend money on UK gear, memorabilia, game tickets, etc. We have to draw players to UK and the state of Kentucky, places that might otherwise not draw a lot of interest.
Kentucky is a fly over state. There isn't great basketball talent here. There's not a lot of things to draw outside talent. It's a "poor" state. It's also a "red" state with largely conservative fans, and I don't think that's going to make kids want to come here (it might not hurt, but it's not going to help). The state of Kentucky just doesn't have a great reputation with young generations, whether that's right careful. Basketball players aren't itching to play for UK.
So to combat this, we have to figure out NIL and also figure out how to tap into this huge fanbase that loves to spend money on UK gear, memorabilia, game tickets, etc. We have to draw players to UK and the state of Kentucky, places that might otherwise not draw a lot of interest.
I know it won't be a popular take with people from the state of KY. But that is the perception from the outside looking in. KY just isn't any bit of a "sexy" spot for young players.
Say what we will about Cal, but the program was on the verge of becoming an Indiana before he came here. He got the big name recruits, not the program. Now, i think we can do the same with the right coaching hire. I don't think we fall off just because Cal is gone.. just that I'm not sure UK is still the draw some people think it is, here in 2024. We NEED to lean on NIL and the fanbases size. Saying stuff like "our tradition will carry us through" or "players should WANT to be apart of BBN".. just isn't going to cut it IMO.
Look at Kansas recruiting. And look at what Uconn was doing before Hurley got there for several years. I think you have to get the right coach in there to start, and that coach needs to find a way to bring in talent, that's likely going to have a lot to do with how much NIL money the player is getting.
We are going to need the NIL fund to stay competitive with or without Cal here. Same in football with Stoops. UK is NOT the only school doing it, just everyone wants to pile everything on Cal. Are you not going to support the football team and blame Cal ? They will need the same donations. And the former players will donate money, this thing just started. I want Cal gone as much as the other posters (not as much as SOME), but a replacement is what I am scared of. IF only I trusted Mitch and the UK board to get it right, I am fine with a change. BUT, even with change, the NIL fund will ne be needed, it is not a Cal thing, it is UK basketball keeping up with other top programs thing. The former players do not owe UK anything, same as the fans complaining about asking for donations, so don't say "the millionaire former players should donate." Well, if you feel you shouldn't why say the players should ? But they will, they will give back, but they do not owe UK anything if they did not.
