Apparently, they can make little to no reference to football, pursuant to state law.
I made a point similar to yours in another post, and folks said it violated KRS in Kentucky.
Ray DAVIS IS PLAYING IN THE BOWL GAME
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I made a point similar to yours in another post, and folks said it violated KRS in Kentucky.
So funny. Pieces of crap on this site who don't give $0.01 to the football program invent false fake completely untrue rumor Ray Davis was sitting out the bowl game because of NIL. Now for whatever reasons that are his and his alone Ray Davis announces he is playing in the bowl - and the pieces of crap are outraged over that.
Hey poors, stop worrying about folks more successful than you. The proper feelings are to be happy the UK Wildcats best offensive player will participate in the Gator Bowl. The normal reaction of a normal fan who isn't stupid enough to believe baseless internet rumors is excitement. to watch this guy play 1 last time and hopefully score a touchdown or 2.
Hey poors, stop worrying about folks more successful than you. The proper feelings are to be happy the UK Wildcats best offensive player will participate in the Gator Bowl. The normal reaction of a normal fan who isn't stupid enough to believe baseless internet rumors is excitement. to watch this guy play 1 last time and hopefully score a touchdown or 2.
That would be pay for play. NIL is paying someone for the use of their name image and likeness. I guarantee players would rather have a cut of revenue and be paid to play rather than doing NIL deals.
Which NIL organization do you give to?
Don't care for what reason he plays...just glad he's playing. Hope he goes for 200 and 2-3 tds. and Leary has this type game against Clemson ...
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Thanks, Ray. You have only known your teammates for a year, but you are standing by them. That shows you character and dedication to finish what you have started.
Ain't nobody here working for free.
I'd venture to guess a bunch of ya get hazard pay which every play is essentially for football player. Then there's holiday pay, which a handful of bowls are on a holiday.
Even if Ray Davis is just a practice squad player in the NFL, that's about half million a year?
Who among you wants to risk half a million doing one job out of the kindness of your heart because you're a team player?
The money is already in the bank, what does anyone care where or who it goes to?
Season tix, k fund, "collective", etc...the athletic department has it. The SEC check is on it's way...it's going to get spent on someone and something.
I'd venture to guess a bunch of ya get hazard pay which every play is essentially for football player. Then there's holiday pay, which a handful of bowls are on a holiday.
Even if Ray Davis is just a practice squad player in the NFL, that's about half million a year?
Who among you wants to risk half a million doing one job out of the kindness of your heart because you're a team player?
The money is already in the bank, what does anyone care where or who it goes to?
Season tix, k fund, "collective", etc...the athletic department has it. The SEC check is on it's way...it's going to get spent on someone and something.
I'm already pre-bitching and predicting that Davis won't play the entire game. I'll be pleasantly surprised to have him for the entire first half, but have no expectation that we'll see him on the field after halftime. This way, he can say he played, but also cuts his perceived "risk" of injury that might ruin his NFL draft status.
There's this thing called a scholarship to play football. That should count for ALL games, not just player pick and choose options. Kids sit out of the bowl game for professional reasons, they should have to repay some of their huge scholarship and medical fees at a pro-rated amount for the game purposely missed.
Many of these normal Joe's you're trying to use as an analogy don't get paid if they don't work, especially if it's voluntary. Injury is one thing, but this new fangled sitting out to prep for the NFL or protect their brand/value should be punished the same way blue collar hourly workers get "punished" if they call in to go fishing.
Workers walk out and strike all the time for more pay, time off, benefits, etc.
Again, the university already has that scholarship money, they're going to spend it on someone or something. Would you rather it be another worthless administrator or department? You want the Dean of Dipshitery to get a raise?
The scholarship is essentially a "benefit". Blue collar workers don't just get benefits. They get paid. How many people are working for vacation, health/dental, etc...but not getting a check?
Infact a lot of companies will pay for employees to go to school in addition to all of the above...so essentially, they're providing a scholarship while also paying a salary, providing time off, paying overtime, holiday, hazard, and allotting for an occasional strike.
I would agree that the BCS and 2 super conferences split into whatever they're evolving into, and the all the players are officially making money there should be some sort of legal framework and everything is on the up and up.
All that will come naturally though because Uncle Sam will make sure of it. He'll sniff out some money and benefits.
I honestly wouldn't have a problem with universities looking at kids and saying hey, you pay us. Not only scholarship money, but your facilities are on our campus...pay rent.
At a certain point, the top 30-40 revenue sports programs/athletes won't even be connected to the University/Academics. Those athletic departments are self-sustaining as it is now, and in fact I think some if not all give to the University.
This thread reminds me of the morons on Rafters that said Bradshaw would never play. Now they have moved on to bitching he is the reason UK lost last weekend despite having the best plus minus on the team.
People were mad Davus wasn't playing and now some are that he is. Crazy.
People were mad Davus wasn't playing and now some are that he is. Crazy.
Calipari's made their lives miserable so they come here trying to bring everybody down to their level.
It's also dumb to be worried about what someone else does for work. The people that obsess over NIL have to be the most obnoxious group of fans. Everything negative that happens is the NIL/bogeyman.
You wanna win or not homie? Believe it or not some people are born competitors. Josh Allen played in the bowl game. You and Ray are not the same.
Some people would rather be vindicated on a message board than see their team win. Losers
No, it's not meaningless. It's one of the top 5 non NY6 bowls, against a ranked team named CLEMSON, and could, though unlikely, result in a ranking for UK, and absolutely is the difference between a very disappointing 7 and 6 season and a 8 and 5 season that at least ends on a positive note. The game is not at all meaningless. Apparently, last year bowl was, based on the way it was handled. This one isn't.
Since we were talking about injuries I figured people might be able to infer from my comment that brain injuries suffered in war are sometimes similar to those suffered on the field.
I apologies for forgetting that the internet is full of people that leap over logical analysis so that they can don their white armor and emit the pure white light of their virtue signal.
My bad.
Some people think if you aren't playing for the national championship it is meaningless but bitch to high heaven because we are stuck in mediocrity
-yep, the influx of "rafters types" in the lair is certainly noticeable.
Damn, I miss a few hours on the Lair, actually doing some constructive work, and the Calvary comes to the rescue!!
Give ‘Em Hell, actual UK Football Fams!!
But . . . but everybody goes to bowls . . . . except when they don’t . . . .
But . . . . but bowls are meaningless in comparison to the glory days of football when the championship was crowned a month before bowls were played.
But . . . but if Ray Davis plays, he’ll only
play two quarters, but if he plays all 4 quarters he’ll only give a three-quarter effort . . . and I wonder how many quarters he got to do that much.
But . . . but Stoops has only outperformed the last 8 Kentucky Football Coaches, and that is turble, turble.
We were doomed when Stoops nearly left for A & M.
We are doomed with his return.
Our water boy and three cheerleaders are sitting out the Gator Bowl, so who gives a sh!t!
Lol.
I’m going to have to start following roundball, again, to figure out when these incursions are likeliest.
Then, again, noooo!
So is Ray Davis playing again or not? If he is, that makes me very happy and I don't give a shit WHY he is playing again. I am a Kentucky fan and this game is important to me. Him playing gives us a better chance of winning it and I would LOVE for us to win it. 8>7 in any type of math.
