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Fan thrown out of Rupp (sign)
- Thread starter Jamal Mercer
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Can't imagine the blue coats are happy right now either. Most of those guys have probably been UK fans for 50+ years.
There are lots of signs- pictures of Oscar, etc. Positive signs are the only ones allowed it seems.
I am ready to ride Cal out on a rail tared and feathered !
The guy in my section hates Cal.
If he curls up in the fetal position outside of the arena the NCAA will expunge the loss from his attendance record.
Nah that's what the one mod with 10 sock accounts wants us to think. Screw him
There are codes of conduct on all the tickets. It’s pretty vague though. The guy should not have been tossed imo
This is beyond ridiculous!!!
UK needs to thank that fan for showing up for the game no matter what that sign says!!!
Hey Mitch, you’re the reason we have to HOPE Texas takes him!!!
UK needs to thank that fan for showing up for the game no matter what that sign says!!!
Hey Mitch, you’re the reason we have to HOPE Texas takes him!!!
20k “Go To Texas” signs will shove it sideways
Beautifully said. If you bump into Cal, don’t be shy. Let him know he should be interviewing real estate agents and movers.
Naw, all our coaches have sucked at winning a 2nd title. That's what I meant. All choke artists.
They should have thrown that fan out that had that blown up Wheeler head poster too.
Good for that fan expressing his opinion. Piss on the UK people that had him removed. Those softies wouldn't last a second in a Big League city...
Cal's ego is softer than the ice cream his fat ass laps up by the truckload...
If he got kicked out for that sign it’s pathetic. Nothing vulgar, nothing offense. It’s just Cal being a tyrant and getting his delicate feelings (he doesn’t listen though…) hurt. Get the duck out, Calipari. I don’t care where you go. Kick me out though, little ego who can’t coach basketball.
"Kentucky basketball spokesman Deb Moore said afterward the man was given the choice of putting the sign away but refused and chose to leave."
Bravo sir. For the GA game tons should bring in TX signs. Chaos.
I did assume since it’s a public university and staff including Cal are State employees, that the facility is State owned. I may be wrong. They do receive State funding in some way so our tax dollars are in Rupp. I was a State employee for 11 years till 2022 when I tried to blow the whistle down here in Paducah for abuse of public funds and violations of the State bidding process. This hits close to home for me.
We could also breakout in song ... "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You". Kinda hard to throw thousands out.
I wonder what would have happened if the guy had said I paid for this seat and I am not leaving
I have not broken any laws.
I have not broken any laws.
If you're really dedicated.. buy a ticket and do the same for the next home game. They will toss you out but it will likely go viral and make its way to sports sites on social media (that's where I saw this photo first).
It's a sure fire way to bring attention to what is going on.
Cal will be stuck in this situation. He'll choose to kick these fans out, but it basically gives them the attention.
It's a sure fire way to bring attention to what is going on.
Cal will be stuck in this situation. He'll choose to kick these fans out, but it basically gives them the attention.
I was in Section 32 about halfway up. He was in Row D, and about four seats to my left. I tried to take a picture of the sign before he was escorted out. He was fairly young with glasses and fairly long hair (for a male). No doubt that Cal saw it, because he put it up when the team came out for the second half. And yes, I did boo. Steph Curry is ridiculous; he came to Lexington, put on #5 for South Carolina, then went out West to play the NBA game against the Suns. How does he do that?
A valid use of our tax dallied; 2 officers wasted escorting someone out of a basketball for (checks notes) suggesting the coach should relocate.
Pathetic. All involved.
That's bullshit if they threw him out over just having that sign.
Rupp arena receives funding from tax payer dollars and is owned by the “Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.”
This was 100% a violation of that man’s first amendment rights. And even so he complied with security and officers and agreed to leave the building. And they abused their power and put hands on him as he was leaving because he held it up one more time while exiting.
His sign did NOT advocate or call to action any violence which are the only forms of speech not protected by the first amendment.
Not directed at either of you: For the first time in my life today I scrolled Twitter (I’ve never liked the site/app personally) hoping to see UK fans defending this man’s right to do this, even if they disagreed with the spirit of it (just like I support your right to kneel for the flag even though I think it’s disrespectful). I was quickly reminded why I don’t have a Twitter. I don’t know why so many people live in a country whose very fabric they apparently abhor.
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Everybody needs to bring a sign the next home game, freedom of expression no more this is like communism.
Exactly why I abhor Twitter and never even created an account.
Best thing I've read on the board in weeks.
I can't stand Calipari and wish he would have left already. But yeah, as an athletic program you can't allow a dude in the Rupp stands to sit there holding up that sign. Chances are good he was going to hoist it up during every dead ball and time out, and probably was going to walk around the concourse during halftime while holding it up. It looks bad tossing him from Rupp. IMO it looks worse if he's allowed to stay and continue holding up his sign [and invite copy cat agents of change].
Throwing him out got 50 times the national attention that leaving him alone would have gotten.
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