A couple of notes on Rafters

*Fox2Monk*

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It’s a pity that something that was run for free for two decades, and clearly not at a loss, is being destroyed because something that could exist and run itself for years without any net loss simply cannot exist because it won’t provide enough profit.

Then just let it the **** go. Seriously. Let it go. Give it away. Allow someone else to not profit enough from it. It’s gross. Better to give it away than kill it.
Can’t do that, the dude has to sell it again for the 4th time and make more money off the same thing yet again. He hasn’t made enough $ yet.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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On3 is the absolute worst. Basically every major site that has moved to On3 has suffered from it. They are constantly running deals on subscriptions because they are desperate for subscribers. The fact their top basketball insiders are Jamie Shaw (who struggled running a South Carolina board) and Joe Tipton (a guy with no basketball knowledge who just made recruiting edits) is just sad. Remember when we had experts like Dave Telep or Evan Daniels covering national recruiting? Somehow I don't see the San Antonio Spurs hiring any of the On3 guys like they did with Telep.
To be fair to Joe he made a name for himself with top recruits to make those edits so I can see why that would lead him into a situation where he gets some information and hired.
 

*Fox2Monk*

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Thanks for stopping by to talk about this. I do think it's only a matter of time before this whole site is behind a paywall. Maybe another 6 months? We shall see. But it's like I always say, nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.
You should make a song out of that. I think it would be awesome with a great guitar solo and expensive music video.
 

HipTer

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Just so folks know, the decision to get rid of the other free boards was not mine or Justin’s. On3 is getting rid of all free boards on its site for moderation issues and I think virtually all of their new sites have none. They also have a strict policy of no “general discussion” boards bc they devolve into politics and on3 has a “100% no politics” policy. Justin and I both convinced the powers that be to keep one due to historical purposes and they agreed. My guess is that within the year, it will be the one of the last ones left in the entire on3 network

I know it’s not ideal for some people and it is a change. But Justin has agreed to keep moderation of this board under his editing and it will continue. It’s not a “KSR” decision and it certainly isn’t my decision. It’s just the way they do message boards and it’s why when KSR+ started theirs, no free discussion board was part of it.
Thanks for the assist.
 

UK4Life#9

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I’ve already fired my Wildcat Nation account back up, they have a free basketball and football board and will never try to charge you money. We all need to go over there and let the money hungry people have this place over here.
 
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MegaBlue05

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I hate to be a negative Nellie, but this move was done intentionally in an attempt to force my hand into paying On3 money for the privilege of posting on a message board.

As a first generation internet user from the late 20th Century, I flat out refuse.

It’s a shame. It’s like losing a community I have been a part of for nearly 25 years under a couple different names.

Gotta love capitalism.
 

KentuckyFlyer

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I was about to hang the whole message board AND UK thing up anyway. NIL, portal, JMI, Mitch, Pope, the players are half what they were 20 years ago. They're entitled brats that won't listen and have attitude. They are selling the schools out for more cash every year. We don't know who the hell is on the team from year to year, and it takes 10 games to learn who's who at the beginning of every season. I think Oweh's problem was that the NBA didn't want him, and he resents having to come back to college; he's mad and pouting. The days of the bluebloods are gone, and for the UK for sure. No more FF's, no more Natties. We are a middle-of-the-pack team now. The SEC has caught up to UK and passed us by. The history and tradition aren't even known or understood by the kids looking for a NIL paycheck these days. There are no players that are playing for KENTUCKY, the SCHOOL, anymore. UK's gone the way of the 8-track or cassette tape. We're losing more and more freedoms every day. It's subtle, but what's happening to this board is a slow-motion taking away of freedom of speech, and we all know who's doing it.
 
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I feel like the whole point of a politics thread is to keep it out of the sports thread!

A Kentucky sports board being the last bastion of free speech is a wild thought.

Maybe word will get out and we’ll get all sorts of characters from all over partaking.

BBN…saving freedom!
 
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Anon834789

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I feel like the whole point of a politics thread is to keep it out of the sports thread!

A Kentucky sports board being the last bastion of free speech is a wild thought.

Maybe word will get out and we’ll get all sorts of characters from all over partaking.

BBN…saving freedom!
It's a sports forum, you and your fellow inbred ilk can go back to stormfront
 

UK4Life#9

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Imagine if Matt Jones ever had to get a real job instead of trying to squeeze every nickel and dime out of Kentucky fans. He could get a lot of jobs based on his name only but he’s literally not qualified to run his household, let alone something like this.
 
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Chadrock

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If this is for UK sports, then why wasn’t it renamed to UK Sports without the Rupp rafters?
 
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LordEgg

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For any of the folks on the old political board, my email is [email protected]. Let me know if there is a new home. Thanks.

Also, i still think it should be Rupp's Rafters.
 

travisbickle

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Sure, things look bleak now.

But this is the exact point in the movie where the rag tag group of misfits come together and build the best free UK sports message board on the internet!

Their mentor, once a prominent message board poster, is now a drunk and estranged from his daughter and they’re being thwarted by big scary corporate guy, but they persevere and against all odds make it to sectionals!

Cue training montage! Post like you’ve never posted before! Viva La Resistance!
 

Jn12

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Free Speech, but only if you pay for a subscription.

You’re still free to say whatever you want (even if it’s not on this board), but a private company making their own rules isn’t an infringement on free speech
 

LineSkiCat14

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It may have been asked:

But why couldn't we just move over the Paddock? I mean if you can migrate the Cat's Illustrated forum in it's entirety, was moving The Paddock THAT big of an ask? A few clicks and it could have been a sibling forum right next to CI. Don't see why that couldn't be done.

All I can think of is that I'm sure it's taking up more storage/computer somewhere, and I know that has costs.. but it's not like any other work was really needed for the Paddock. No real need to moderate it IMO. Updating any code or database stuff would be done the same as CI.
 

CutNets

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It's great to be back. Was a paying member all the way back to CatsIllustrated starting in 2009-2010. Went under this handle, which is the original Cut-Nets. Have been away for a while, though always lurking.
 

MegaBlue05

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Literally has nothing to do with capitalism lmao You're lucky to be allowed to post here for free still. To even be on the internet at all. Be grateful for that.
Really. So selling off a free website with a likely end goal of generating paid subscribers to the entity that bought it has nothing to do with capitalism.

And according to you I must kiss the *** of my corporate overlords for the privilege of existing. Thank you, corporate masters, for allowing me the absolute privilege of using the internet! I an eternally beholden to you all!
 
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Sure, things look bleak now.

But this is the exact point in the movie where the rag tag group of misfits come together and build the best free UK sports message board on the internet!

Their mentor, once a prominent message board poster, is now a drunk and estranged from his daughter and they’re being thwarted by big scary corporate guy, but they persevere and against all odds make it to sectionals!

Cue training montage! Post like you’ve never posted before! Viva La Resistance!
How this post snuck through without getting the hundreds of reactions it deserves, is beyond me. Legendary post lol
 

JakeKx

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I didn’t even know a politics board existed and could care less.

all the people want is a separate basketball and football forum. Nothing else matters. And yall can’t even get that right.
 
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