James Hudson wanting back on board?
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Think he's going somewhere else, but think he's open with liking the facilities as well he should
How about this tweet:
James Hudson III ™ @__BallisLife2 Jul 21
Gotta get to the money
A couple thousand a year extra from TU or Transfer U might come in handy until you make your move, IF it happens, huh.
All legal, hard to say anyone should turn it down, right mitch?
James Hudson III ™ @__BallisLife2 Jul 21
Gotta get to the money
A couple thousand a year extra from TU or Transfer U might come in handy until you make your move, IF it happens, huh.
All legal, hard to say anyone should turn it down, right mitch?
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but doesn't the COA count for all students, not just athletes? Athletes only got tuition whereas a student, via a loan, would get tuition reimbursement and the university's COA estimate. If this is true, then it affects the budget for all students, not just the players. Honestly, I don't want players coming based on who is giving them more money. Louisville is more expensive to live in than Lexington, in general, btw.
I know it is a complicated nut, but I am sure UK isn't going to be giving every student money based on the COA, I know they sure as hell didn't me.
This should have NEVER reached this point, the NCAA should have laid out the rules with a few minor adjustments based on the athletes actual costs, not let the normal cheaters like Transfer U, Thug U, Auburn, etc start out twice as high as everyone else------even if they are located in a farm village.
Both of the Misses are in the top ten, isn't Mississippi among the poorest states in the Union? Are either of those schools located in a New York City atmosphere?
If it is too hard to do how was Bama able to double their COA in a day or two to match their in state rival, another school in a farm village so to speak?
UK being over $2,000 a year lower in their payout to student athletes is WAY too big of a handicap in recruiting, and it is obviously hurting us already.
Another big win for the win at all costs (and clear millions in the process) schools and another HUGE indication of how useless the NCAA is.
Louisville is very comparable to lexington in COA. Downtown is higher but land values are actually higher in lexington outside downtown.
Mostly false. There's a 1% difference in cost of living between the two cities. Louisville offers slightly cheaper in state tuition, UK offers slightly cheaper out of state tuition.
There's an old Irish toast. "May God turn the hearts of our enemies. And should be not turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so that we will know them by their limping."
While this may be a little harsh, it does bear weight here. If he comes here then great. If not then may be he go far away so we don't have to deal with him.
While this may be a little harsh, it does bear weight here. If he comes here then great. If not then may be he go far away so we don't have to deal with him.
How about this tweet:
James Hudson III ™ @__BallisLife2 Jul 21
Gotta get to the money
A couple thousand a year extra from TU or Transfer U might come in handy until you make your move, IF it happens, huh.
All legal, hard to say anyone should turn it down, right mitch?
Pardon my ignorance, but how is Mitch responsible for the COA that the entire university sets? Do you know that Barnhart didn't go to the board of directors (or whoever) and asked them to reassess the number and raise it so that we can be more competitive with someone like Alabama? You want to blame Barnhart, but I really doubt that he has any control over it.
People just like to blame Barnhart.
It's like our own, "Thanks Obama."
Thanks Barnhart.
sigh...a topic that has been covered on here hundreds if not thousands of times over the last 2 years. If you don't think some schools where sports have significant power....football in particular....and can in fact influence the COA calculation in order to give them a slight recruiting advantage then you are just head-in-the-sand oblivious to how the world works.
When the COA's were first calculated & released it was known renegade win-at-all-cost programs that had the highest $$$ in the country despite existing in low cost low population environments - Tennessee, Auburn, Louisville. Are you innocent & naive enough to think that was a coincidence? Then you also then must think it a coincidence that in response those schools rivals at places like Alabama suddenly decided to recalculate their COA's and SURPRISE, their money giveaway is now comparable to their rivals.
COA is an unregulated football recruiting tool that some schools have weaponized to their advantage, since there is no NCAA or conference or any power to stop them or regulate from doing so.
When the COA's were first calculated & released it was known renegade win-at-all-cost programs that had the highest $$$ in the country despite existing in low cost low population environments - Tennessee, Auburn, Louisville. Are you innocent & naive enough to think that was a coincidence? Then you also then must think it a coincidence that in response those schools rivals at places like Alabama suddenly decided to recalculate their COA's and SURPRISE, their money giveaway is now comparable to their rivals.
COA is an unregulated football recruiting tool that some schools have weaponized to their advantage, since there is no NCAA or conference or any power to stop them or regulate from doing so.
It does piss me off that our COA is supposedly so much lower than other SEC schools. There is a 0% chance it costs more to live in Starkville than Lexington.
Having to drive two or three hours to civilization and back when you need something adds up.
You may jest, but average distance traveled from home is a factor in COA calculations...
So you are saying this is like the ridiculous support that football got for ten years, he just can't do anything about it?
Then why did he get the big raise BEFORE anything was done for it?
Now you are saying there isn't anything he can do about this either?
Then why did he just get another huge raise?
Football is still the money cow, even if most of it comes from the other SEC schools that support it------about time UK got in the act, this looks like a money maker to me, another $170,000 per year for football when we throw more than that at mitch in raises and literally millions at our coaches. The rest of the money spent on the other sports would also make money from the fans of those sports, IMO.
How much publicity and probably donations will our new WORLD record holder in the 100 meter dash bring in for UK? While basketball may not make money (yet, probably getting close, Thug U does and I thought they were the football state) it could certainly cut the deficit down a great deal, still money in the bank.
It comes down to the fact that Barnhart doesn't make that decision. He can go to the board, or whoever, and push them to do that, but unfortunately, it isn't football that makes wakes in Lexington. I don't like it. You don't like it. A lot of people don't like it, but when it comes to Lexington, and UK and even Kentucky as a whole, football is king. So, Barnhart can go beg and pray for them to move this and it may very well fall on deaf ears. However, if this applied to basketball as much as football then you bet your *** it would have changed before Barnhart even had to ask. That is my point and that is the difference. I don't know if Barnhart asked for it to change or not, but I also understand the way things work at UK, and that is that basketball moves the needle and not much else. At least Barnhart has made some other sports relevant, even football for a time, and that is much much more than I can say for just about any other athletic director in the history of UK athletics. So, that's why I don't feel the need to blame everything on him.
A perfect example of UK basketball being king... a while back Stoops is on the SEC network and they ask him directly about Calipari and how the basketball program helps the football program. Do you think that during any interview with Saban they asked him about Avery Johnson and how his basketball program helps their football? No. They never would. That is a huge difference between the two. It seems that almost anytime UK football is discussed, even on a national scale, they always at least throw in something about basketball. That is the impact it has and that shows how much it moves the needle (not that you didn't know this). My point in this is that when basketball says jump... everyone at or involved with UK says "How high?" When football says jump everyone says, "You can't make me." It is sad, but I imagine it is very hard to change things for football when so many people (incorrectly) think we can't have success in both, or don't even care.