I didn't know if anyone posted but the series premieres tonight about Rupp. I'm recording now but it replays again at 11pm.
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No need to. You can get the same bs here at Rafters.Not sure I care to watch a show that will likely refer non-stop to Rupp and Kentuckians as racists.
Hope I’m wrong.
Yes me too, and they're just going to talk Rupp as a racist!!Not sure I care to watch a show that will likely refer non-stop to Rupp and Kentuckians as racists.
Hope I’m wrong.
That was my first thought seeing the ads.Yes me too, and they're just going to talk Rupp as a racist!!
Do you really think the SEC network will go that direction? I don’t.That was my first thought seeing the ads.
Yes, I believe ESPN will.Do you really think the SEC network will go that direction? I don’t.
Hard to say. They are owned by espn .Do you really think the SEC network will go that direction? I don’t.
No way. ESPN is not trying to piss off UK.Yes, I believe ESPN will.
Tucker, I read passed a few years ago of Alzheimer’s. Goodness what a horrible way to go. 😌Right now it's talking about how Rupp looked out for Barksdale when they went to London for Olympics. Also how he helped Jim Tucker get a scholly.
Good.Right now it's talking about how Rupp looked out for Barksdale when they went to London for Olympics. Also how he helped Jim Tucker get a scholly.
Except the problem with this is that Rupp actually was in many ways a pioneer. He did a number of things to push integration and improve race relations that he didn't have to do, but he did them anyway. And he doesn't get credit for it in most cases.Rupp was a man of his times and his views on race reflect that.
Was he a virulent bigot; Wallace at the courthouse steps? No of course not.
Did he have now outdated views on race that reflect the world in which he lived and probably very slow moving to integrate (which wasn’t entirely his fault and I can expand on this further if anyone wants) than a lot of people in hindsight would have liked? Yes.
It's pretty much implied that will be the case in the promos they showed.Not sure I care to watch a show that will likely refer non-stop to Rupp and Kentuckians as racists.
Hope I’m wrong.
I watched it and they treated Coach RuppNot sure I care to watch a show that will likely refer non-stop to Rupp and Kentuckians as racists.
Hope I’m wrong.
Unseld was a teammate at SenecaRupp was a basketball coach and he always knew that Black boys could play basketball as well or better than the white boys. But he was at a school in the SEC. As Jon Scott says, he did some things to try to get those color barriers broken. He could not in good conscience sign Black players that he knew would be unable to play in SEC road games. When he finally signed Tom Payne he was mercilessly heckled and got death threats all over the South. He also wanted Wes Unseld very badly; and Unseld wanted to play for him but decided not to be the guy to break the barrier in the SEC.
It’s just BS revisionist history to say that Rupp should have signed Black players in the 1950s and early 1960s and he didn’t do it because he was a racist.
Then how do you explain these guys in 1965?I watched it and they treated Coach Rupp
Very fairly said he was at a rock and hard place because SEC forbid African American
Athletes until 1967
Rupp was a good Christian man his legacy
Is secure Rest In Peace
I've never really understood why Rupp and UK became the scapegoats for racism in southern sports from that era. The Mississippi schools wouldn't even play other teams with black players.Not sure I care to watch a show that will likely refer non-stop to Rupp and Kentuckians as racists.
Hope I’m wrong.
Because Kentucky was good. That’s it. Otherwise, I agree. it makes no sense geographically.I've never really understood why Rupp and UK became the scapegoats for racism in southern sports from that era. The Mississippi schools wouldn't even play other teams with black players.
It was because UK was the bellwether program in the Southern Conference/SEC/ACC footprint. No school in that footprint had African-american players until the 60s. It has been well documented that Rupp did try to recruit. The haters simple ignore the facts on that. Bear Bryant and Coach Rupp pushed for signing African-Americans. It was the majority vote and the politics of the deeper south that blocked it.Because Kentucky was good. That’s it. Otherwise, I agree. it makes no sense geographically.
Agree 100%...BTW I knew the younger brother of one of your teammates at Seneca. His younger brother was Randy Phlug and the older brother player with you went on, as you know to play at East Tennessee.Unseld was a teammate at Seneca
His Mother wanted a guarantee of safety which Rupp could not do
Rupp was my Coach and he was no racist
That’s horse shit you have no proof
Except the problem with this is that Rupp actually was in many ways a pioneer. He did a number of things to push integration and improve race relations that he didn't have to do, but he did them anyway. And he doesn't get credit for it in most cases.
He was a very complicated man with a ton of contradictions. None of these superficial documentaries are able to adequately contextualize this, especially when they interview people like Alexander Wolff who (I'd be willing to bet) didn't know him at all.