How many of you have bought something, ordered a FaceTime, had a player to your kids birthday? Etc….
Who has contributed to a players NIL??
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Allen is my nephew's favorite player so I bought him a t shirt from him.
Nah just curious about what these players are making. I havent been home in two years am so idk how this thing looks are there hats and shirts with the NIL in Kroger for instance? How accessible is this stuff ?
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Probably making more than I do working. If so, more power to them.
I’ve been FaceTiming with Oscar all day
O... if i don't give to the homeless on the corner I surely wont give to someone who has everything paid for. Sorta seems like the millionaire politicians asking for donations for their campaign.
It’s not a a donation it’s buying some kind of good or service they do for themself but I understand your points
Me and CJ did some blow off a hookers ass. Not too shabby for $75
lets not forget the millionaire preacher, asking for donations.
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Hope it wasn’t Katrina. I kinda like you.
Will not spend a dime for any players N.I.L.
I'm a Kentucky fan.....players come and go, coaches come and go...UK remains.
I'm a Kentucky fan.....players come and go, coaches come and go...UK remains.
Oh come on you don’t have any favorites? I remember at the EE in Cleveland the 2015 team I bought a shirt from a before that said BIG KAT. He probably coulda banked off that shirt. My friends loved it.
I assume most of us have endless UK memorabilia. Shirts, hats, clocks, watches, you get the point. Yet some of you put your foot down at maybe spending $20 on a UK related shirt one of the players created? Or won’t pay $13 to go to an event run by the players similar to big blue madness that is always packed and tickets scalped for hundreds of dollars? Seems like an odd hill to die on.
Don’t bet on it. For what it’s worth, I farm for a living. You want to try to make it doing that? Just jump right in. But I’m not gonna co-sign your notes smartass.
It's already been explained many times, perhaps you simply disagree.
**Any money going to the players is likely not going to the university and it's sponsors. It doesn't take much to understand the university will need to re-coup that money (higher prices) or cut something or someone (scolarships? minority programs?).
IMHO the vast majority of athletes are already over-compensated (not under). Free room, board, education, travel, healthcare, clothing and gear, tutors, marketing, etc....to play a game they love.
**I'm a sports fan of the institution, the University of Kentucky. Players and coaches come and go, the program does not.
**There is no hill to die on, the NIL is here, they won....those of us that believe the only thing allowing some resemblance of fair play, as opposed to complete corruption, was the rule against NIL. NIL will likely turn college athletics into player free agency (pick a school that can NIL you the most money) which is hard for me to see how this helps tradition-laden UK in a poor state and small city.
All you guys that supported NIL...pony up! ...help these poor mistreated athletes.
That's the way I see it...to each his own.
Regards
Players and coaches come and go lol What a statement. They are the only reason to even support the institution. Unless you are just a supporter of academics and would still buy UK things without sports. “Free” room and board. As if the $400+ Front row tickets wouldn’t pay that.
Not really. I have a few UK shirts but I’ll never buy another. Now when I look thru my closet looking for a shirt to wear I just reject the UK ones.
I will wear my two hoodies tho in the winter.
I would never give money to a player. Why would I do that? If one was in trouble and needed some help then yes, but that is altogether different.
I have 12 pairs of cowboy boots. I might give 3 or 4 pairs to some deserving UK Wildcat and keep my money. Is this what you had in mind?
That's the thing, it doesnt have the UK logo on it anywhere. If they want to get serious about NIL they will work out something with UK so they can co-brand things. Until that happens I'd say the NIL merchandise route won't do as well as some would think. I could be wrong though.
Virtue signaling is always fun.
I would buy a shirt, hat, watch, ball, or whatever I might want from the players in the same way I would buy them on a visit to Rupp Arena. Why would I care who gets the money? If it's legal and won't hurt anyone's eligibility (it is and it won't), then why not let these players benefit? I remember when we got the death penalty for a player getting $1000. That is likely chump change at this point. Yes, it's strange to me that college players can make money now and it's perfectly legal, but here we are. And really, Universities, the NCAA, Nike, Adidas, Reebok, tshirt and memorabilia companies, et al, have been making money off these kids for YEARS. Why can't the players get a cut? Makes sense to me and if it's legal I'm fine with it.
You know what memorabilia I have? Kentucky basketball yearbooks. Prints of the 3 championship teams of my lifetime on my office wall (1996, 1998, 2012). I have the "Through the Years" print you see in my avatar. I even have a fluorescent "UK bar light" in my office, I love it. I have a wooden cut out in the shape of the state of Kentucky with a "UK" logo in the middle.
No, I'm not a guy that buys all the player related memorabilia. I won't buy a shirt with a player's name on it, a watch, or whatever else. And no I won't spend 13 dollars to watch the guys do drills or dunk in layup lines. It's not for me. No problem with other guys that do it. It's just not for me.
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