JMI…Learfield….Playfly

[Kentucky15]

So were the only SEC program who signed exclusively with JMI. I’m just wondering how bad this is about to get. We can’t even get out of that contract until 2040. It’s probably yet another contract Mitch has screwed up on.

JMI is not as massive as the others, and from the looks of it, every other SEC program has used playfly or Learfield.

This looks to me to be a long range disaster. JMI has flexibility limits, fewer national brands, and far more collective restrictions. Looks like UK will fall behind NIL peers like Alabama, Tennessee, or LSU. I don’t know how you compete in football, and this has to be the reason we’re missing on so many recruits. JMI doesn’t look to be able to compete with the others. Can JMI match this? Anyone have a good pulse of this issue? Because from what I’ve heard this is going to cripple UK athletics moving forward. And if you look at this roster, it appears to already be happening.

How is Mitch Barnhart still able to show up to that office? He might have actually destroyed Kentucky basketball.

 

[One2Three]

Is there any way out of the contract? Whoever takes the job after Barnhart needs to get Kentucky out of that contract, even if the government has to become involved.

 

[fisherscatfan]

So were the only SEC program who signed exclusively with JMI. I’m just wondering how bad this is about to get. We can’t even get out of that contract until 2040. It’s probably yet another contract Mitch has screwed up on.

JMI is not as massive as the others, and from the looks of it, every other SEC program has used playfly or Learfield.

This looks to me to be a long range disaster. JMI has flexibility limits, fewer national brands, and far more collective restrictions. Looks like UK will fall behind NIL peers like Alabama, Tennessee, or LSU. I don’t know how you compete in football, and this has to be the reason we’re missing on so many recruits. JMI doesn’t look to be able to compete with the others. Can JMI match this? Anyone have a good pulse of this issue? Because from what I’ve heard this is going to cripple UK athletics moving forward. And if you look at this roster, it appears to already be happening.

How is Mitch Barnhart still able to show up to that office? He might have actually destroyed Kentucky basketball.

watch out. You are going to get called a Matt fanboy for questioning this. Cause you know Mitch’s track record in negotiating contracts is very impressive.

 

[Kentucky15]

Is there any way out of the contract? Whoever takes the job needs to get Kentucky out of that contract, even if the government has to become involved.

It can be done but it would be very difficult and costly. And Kentucky is only interested in sucking in money for land lording. They’re not going to do that they’ll just let sports go to average.

 

[Kentucky15]

watch out. You are going to get called a Matt fanboy for questioning this. Cause know Mitch’s track record in negotiating contracts is very impressive.

I have been here a very long time, and my track record disliking Jones is extensive so they can save it.

So it doesn’t matter if we hire Pearl or Stoops for basketball. It’s not going to matter when nobody will work with JMI or they won’t pay.

Mitch also did us one better. He decided to sign a deal lasting through 2040 when he had no idea what that would mean . 30% of this fanbase has thought he’s a great AD

Let’s do this. Wake me up when UK signs big time players. I’m still waiting, meanwhile Vandy is kicking *** in football as is INDIANA.

JMI has other big hitters. Juggernaut Pittsburg, heavy hitter conferences like A10, Mountain west, and IVY league

Way to go Mitch!!!

 

[LadyCaytIL]

you can get out of any contract , you will have to pay the agreed upon cancelation stuff in said contract.

 

[Kentucky15]

you can get out of any contract , you will have to pay the agreed upon cancelation stuff in said contract.

This isn’t just that simple. You do that and you then run the risk of others you want to get on with not trusting you. And there’s no telling how hard it would be to get out. I only see that happening if both sides agree and why would JMI do that as hard as they wanted a flagship SEC school? They’re trying to become Learfield, not take a step back.

I think he had the chance to get away from it in 2025. Instead he said own us for another 15 years. How does Mitch Barnhart still have a job. It’s indefensible.

 

[fisherscatfan]

I have been here a very long time, and my track record disliking Jones is extensive so they can save it.

So it doesn’t matter if we hire Pearl or Stoops for basketball. It’s not going to matter when nobody will work with JMI or they won’t pay.

Mitch also did us one better. He decided to sign a deal lasting through 2040 when he had no idea what that would mean . 30% of this fanbase has thought he’s a great AD

Let’s do this. Wake me up when UK signs big time players. I’m still waiting, meanwhile Vandy is kicking *** in football as is INDIANA.

JMI has other big hitters. Juggernaut Pittsburg, heavy hitter conferences like A10, Mountain west, and IVY league

Way to go Mitch!!!

Been raising these issues as well and people don’t want to hear it. Mitch wont address it and people act like some press release is sufficient.

In reading what I can find, it appears Mitch was hanging his hat on the SCORE Act passing which would reel in the “collectives” that were essentially pay for play. The JMI deal appears to restrict UKs use of collectives in a more restrictive way thanother schools are currently doing. Why did he do that? Why not wait until SCORE got passed—now Congress has tabled it.

I think this is why Mitch got upset and went on a rant about not breaking the rules. He apparently thinks NIL has been abused but if nobody is being punished it doesn’t matter what he likes. Operate in the world as it is not how he thinks it should be.

 

[Kentucky15]

Been raising these issues as well and people don’t want to hear it. Mitch wont address it and people act like some press release is sufficient.

In reading what I can find, it appears Mitch was hanging his hat on the SCORE Act passing which would reel in the “collectives” that were essentially pay for play. The JMI deal appears to restrict UKs use of collectives like other schools are currently doing. Why did he do that? Why not wait until SCORE got passed—now Congress has tabled it.

I think this is why Mitch got upset and went on a rant about not breaking the rules. He apparently thinks NIL has been abused but if nobody is being punished it doesn’t matter what he likes. Operate in the world as it is not how he thinks it should be.

I believe It’s exactly what’s happening. Because Mitch thinks it’s the University of Mitch Barnhart, he’s a tyrant. He’s obsessed with his image and wants to be seen as a man who does things his way. I believe He’s corrupt, but believes himself to be above it. I don’t believe he is, I believe he uses his position over UK athletics to do the work of others in the operation. They use these sports teams to land lord and then he doesn’t have to produce at a high level. He doesn’t care if our sports teams are elite, he doesn’t want them to be. It’s too costly. Instead he convinces everyone 6-6 is a great year, if you expect more you’re a bad person.

Nobody goes by any of these rules. He wants to appear that we’re losing because we’re not cheating and they are. He’s ruined UK athletics. His job isn’t to follow every rule it’s to work in the world that exist and form elite teams. How did anyone think this clown was a good AD? It’s unbelievable. This is professional sports, my God Kentucky.

I don’t guess the SCORE has any chance at this point from what I can see.

 

[SkyPrince]

Too much conspiracy theory in all of this for me.
You basically had to bring in an 8 man recruiting class to replace all the departing players.
You can't pay top dollar for 8 players.
Just about any P4 school would have the ability to outbid you on one specific player.
UK can still have the most expensive roster in CBB but still get outbid on one player.
To me the roster is simply a product of bad player evaluation and the biggest example of that is Kam Williams and he was one of our first commits so he was priority.
My theory on Dent was that he went to the school that he wanted to go to out of HS.
But if I'm wrong and UCLA did outbid us, they would have been capable simply from the fact that they didn't pay big money to anyone else.
Same with Wilkerson at IU.

 

[Kentucky15]

Too much conspiracy theory in all of this for me.
You basically had to bring in an 8 man recruiting class to replace all the departing players.
You can't pay top dollar for 8 players.
Just about any P4 school would have the ability to outbid you on one specific player.
UK can still have the most expensive roster in CBB but still get outbid on one player.
To me the roster is simply a product of bad player evaluation and the biggest example of that is Kam Williams and he was one of our first commits so he was priority.
My theory on Dent was that he went to the school that he wanted to go to out of HS.
But if I'm wrong and UCLA did outbid us, they would have been capable simply from the fact that they didn't pay big money to anyone else.
Same with Wilkerson at IU.

There is no conspiracy here. JMI is small, the rest are with big time entities. We have NIL restrictions they don’t have. Pay attention to what’s actually going on instead of throwing out a phrase like “conspiracy theory” that was coined by a government agency that was actually doing what they called a “conspiracy” lol.

JMI cannot compete with Playfly and Learfield. Why do you think their only contracts are Pittsburg, Colorado state, and Columbia / Harvard? They are not fit enough to compete in the NIL world and because Mitch is an idiot, we’ve got restrictions nobody else in this conference has.

Does that sound like a conspiracy theory? Is it a conspiracy that Mitch is giving more money to meaningless sports than anyone in the conference on tonight? He’s compounding this problem.

So no there’s no conspiracy unless you have a better explanation here? Now I’d love to be wrong here and willing to be, but you’ll have to do more against these facts than saying it’s a conspiracy and mind reading why a player picked someone else.

 

[SkyPrince]

There is no conspiracy here. JMI is small, the rest are with big time entities. We have NIL restrictions they don’t have. Pay attention to what’s actually going on instead of throwing out a phrase like “conspiracy theory” that was coined by a government agency that was actually doing what they called a “conspiracy” lol.

JMI cannot compete with Playfly and Learfield. Why do you think their only contracts are Pittsburg, Colorado state, and Columbia / Harvard? They are not fit enough to compete in the NIL world and because Mitch is an idiot, we’ve got restrictions nobody else in this conference has.

Does that sound like a conspiracy theory? Is it a conspiracy that Mitch is giving more money to meaningless sports than anyone in the conference on tonight? He’s compounding this problem.

So no there’s no conspiracy unless you have a better explanation here? Now I’d love to be wrong here and willing to be, but you’ll have to do more against these facts than saying it’s a conspiracy and mind reading why a player picked someone else.

So are you saying Pope would be a recruiting juggernaut if UK was with Playfly?
That's the conspiracy theory part for me.
I'm not ready to blame this roster on JMI.

 

[EastKYWildcat]

If the basketball program under Calipari existed in its own bubble, outside of the rest of the athletic department, that should have been enough to fire Mitch. Should have never been allowed to happen and in some ways makes me blame Cal less.

How would you operate at 60 years old with a lifetime deal, no reason to improve, and a boss who you don’t have to respect whatsoever?

 

[SkyPrince]

Also wouldn't this(JMI) be a lot bigger problem in football?
I would think the extra allocation of funds to the basketball program would offset any advantage another SEC basketball program would have by being with a superior JMI competitor.

 

[CoffeeCat]

I just want to win basketball games. Is that too much to ask?

 

[Dward13]

I just want to win basketball games. Is that too much to ask?

To some. A lot of people will call you a bad fan for this. But you’re not. You’re just normal.

 

[Verbal Kint II]

There is no conspiracy here. JMI is small, the rest are with big time entities. We have NIL restrictions they don’t have. Pay attention to what’s actually going on instead of throwing out a phrase like “conspiracy theory” that was coined by a government agency that was actually doing what they called a “conspiracy” lol.

JMI cannot compete with Playfly and Learfield. Why do you think their only contracts are Pittsburg, Colorado state, and Columbia / Harvard? They are not fit enough to compete in the NIL world and because Mitch is an idiot, we’ve got restrictions nobody else in this conference has.

Does that sound like a conspiracy theory? Is it a conspiracy that Mitch is giving more money to meaningless sports than anyone in the conference on tonight? He’s compounding this problem.

So no there’s no conspiracy unless you have a better explanation here? Now I’d love to be wrong here and willing to be, but you’ll have to do more against these facts than saying it’s a conspiracy and mind reading why a player picked someone else.

Watch this. You call out their lies and ask for specifics and they run like the cowards that they are. What NIL restrictions do we have that they don’t. Literally none of the frauds who make up this lie will ever say. Just a bunch of lowlifes lying and fighting Matt Jones war against JMI and UK.

None of you want to have a real conversation about NIL at UK, yall just want to lie and make up negative BS. That’s how much control Matt Jones has over this fanbase. Half of you don’t even know the difference between revenue sharing and NIL but you’re experts on the JMI contract.

 

[Kentucky15]

Also wouldn't this(JMI) be a lot bigger problem in football?
I would think the extra allocation of funds to the basketball program would offset any advantage another SEC basketball program would have by being with a superior JMI competitor.

Yea maybe. But the issue is the agents too.

I don’t know I’ve heard it’s a problem trying to be worked out so maybe it’s not end of the world. Who knows. I don’t think anyone does know except people dealing with it right now. I just think it’s stupid to even risk something that significant for a little extra cash.

 

[Jeauxboo]

So were the only SEC program who signed exclusively with JMI. I’m just wondering how bad this is about to get. We can’t even get out of that contract until 2040. It’s probably yet another contract Mitch has screwed up on.

JMI is not as massive as the others, and from the looks of it, every other SEC program has used playfly or Learfield.

This looks to me to be a long range disaster. JMI has flexibility limits, fewer national brands, and far more collective restrictions. Looks like UK will fall behind NIL peers like Alabama, Tennessee, or LSU. I don’t know how you compete in football, and this has to be the reason we’re missing on so many recruits. JMI doesn’t look to be able to compete with the others. Can JMI match this? Anyone have a good pulse of this issue? Because from what I’ve heard this is going to cripple UK athletics moving forward. And if you look at this roster, it appears to already be happening.

How is Mitch Barnhart still able to show up to that office? He might have actually destroyed Kentucky basketball.

Kentucky sold multimedia rights to JMI in a giant, rigid, long-term deal right before NIL blew up. Locking UK into a structure that lacks flexibility right when flexibility became the #1 currency in college sports.

That’s like signing a 20-year contract with Blockbuster in 2009.

 

[Kentucky15]

Kentucky sold multimedia rights to JMI in a giant, rigid, long-term deal right before NIL blew up. Locking UK into a structure that lacks flexibility right when flexibility became the #1 currency in college sports.

That’s like signing a 20-year contract with Blockbuster in 2009.

I don’t see any way around it. I don’t think we’re going to make it with this deal. And it happened in 2025, they knew not to do it and this deal would handcuff major NIL deals.

It was done on purpose to maximize profits for the university and God knows what else. The sacrificed winning at the highest level for extra cash. Alabama president and Kansas AD’s do not care about this program. It’s been obvious for decades.

“Greatest AD” in Kentucky history I still can’t get over how many bought into this line.

 

[Old Blue Fart]

I admit that I no nothing about all this NIL or this company you speak of, JMI but from what I am reading, I am not sure I understand what you are saying.

Is the current status of UK Basketball losing the fault of JMI?

If this is what you are saying, I would like to know more as to how this is their fault.
If you work for a company and they give you 22 million dollars to build a house and are fully in charge of who you hire and after building your house it has major problems. This is on you not your company who gave you the money to build the house.

It seems to be a case of UK Basketball not hiring the best contractors to build their team. If the money was there, how is this on JMI?
Please explain.

 

[Verbal Kint II]

Kentucky sold multimedia rights to JMI in a giant, rigid, long-term deal right before NIL blew up. Locking UK into a structure that lacks flexibility right when flexibility became the #1 currency in college sports.

That’s like signing a 20-year contract with Blockbuster in 2009.

It doesn’t lack flexibility, y’all just lie about. Specifically how does it lack flexibility?

 

[FitchandMurray29]

I don’t think the new deal with JMI that included the NIL junk was signed until August.

I remember Matt Jones incessant praise of who was doing the contracts that ended up on this roster and his concern with moving to JMI for that essentially.

So is JMI impacting Christian Collins? Maybe. I don’t think it’s why we missed on any star this spring though.

 

[MegaBlue05]

All I know is if JMI manages NIL like they produced quality radio broadcasts, we are boned.

“Let’s send it back to the studio for scores from around the country that are now 10 minutes old!!”

 

[*Fox2Monk*]

I believe It’s exactly what’s happening. Because Mitch thinks it’s the University of Mitch Barnhart, he’s a tyrant. He’s obsessed with his image and wants to be seen as a man who does things his way. I believe He’s corrupt, but believes himself to be above it. I don’t believe he is, I believe he uses his position over UK athletics to do the work of others in the operation. They use these sports teams to land lord and then he doesn’t have to produce at a high level. He doesn’t care if our sports teams are elite, he doesn’t want them to be. It’s too costly. Instead he convinces everyone 6-6 is a great year, if you expect more you’re a bad person.

Nobody goes by any of these rules. He wants to appear that we’re losing because we’re not cheating and they are. He’s ruined UK athletics. His job isn’t to follow every rule it’s to work in the world that exist and form elite teams. How did anyone think this clown was a good AD? It’s unbelievable. This is professional sports, my God Kentucky.

I don’t guess the SCORE has any chance at this point from what I can see.

This is absolutely correct, Mitch is corrupt. He signed that deal to make himself and his good ole boy network rich. He doesn’t care if players get hamstrung or that we lost on recruits. As long as we take in SEC money that’s all he cares about. He will let us be the free win of the conferences forever as long as he keeps signing ridiculous deals.

 

[jedwar]

I believe It’s exactly what’s happening. Because Mitch thinks it’s the University of Mitch Barnhart, he’s a tyrant. He’s obsessed with his image and wants to be seen as a man who does things his way. I believe He’s corrupt, but believes himself to be above it. I don’t believe he is, I believe he uses his position over UK athletics to do the work of others in the operation. They use these sports teams to land lord and then he doesn’t have to produce at a high level. He doesn’t care if our sports teams are elite, he doesn’t want them to be. It’s too costly. Instead he convinces everyone 6-6 is a great year, if you expect more you’re a bad person.

Nobody goes by any of these rules. He wants to appear that we’re losing because we’re not cheating and they are. He’s ruined UK athletics. His job isn’t to follow every rule it’s to work in the world that exist and form elite teams. How did anyone think this clown was a good AD? It’s unbelievable. This is professional sports, my God Kentucky.

I don’t guess the SCORE has any chance at this point from what I can see.

Something simple as him getting really testy and defensive at the Stein presser tells me something is going on. Jon Hale asked a pretty docile question and Mitch goes off mad and all. When someone acts like that, it's to cover up something whether it's corrupt or just malpractice.

 

[Woodrow24]

Something simple as him getting really testy and defensive at the Stein presser tells me something is going on. Jon Hale asked a pretty docile question and Mitch goes off mad and all. When someone acts like that, it's to cover up something whether it's corrupt or just malpractice.

That’s exactly what I thought when I seen that. I couldn’t believe Mitch threw a fit like he did over it.

 

[jedwar]

That’s exactly what I thought when I seen that. I couldn’t believe Mitch threw a fit like he did over it.

It's like a cheating significant other, they don't act defensive like that for no reason. Trust me, I know those signs lol.

 

[HipTer]

Too much conspiracy theory in all of this for me.
You basically had to bring in an 8 man recruiting class to replace all the departing players.
You can't pay top dollar for 8 players.
Just about any P4 school would have the ability to outbid you on one specific player.
UK can still have the most expensive roster in CBB but still get outbid on one player.
To me the roster is simply a product of bad player evaluation and the biggest example of that is Kam Williams and he was one of our first commits so he was priority.
My theory on Dent was that he went to the school that he wanted to go to out of HS.
But if I'm wrong and UCLA did outbid us, they would have been capable simply from the fact that they didn't pay big money to anyone else.
Same with Wilkerson at IU.

My post here has nothing to do with the thread topic, but following along with your point about some of the recruiting misses. Like you said with the Dent example, in a number of cases where UK appeared to finish 2nd they started out in a tough spot because the player really wanted to be/go somewhere else to begin with. Instead of having competitive NIL for players that wanted to come to UK, we were left trying to “buy” guys whose heart was somewhere else; and when the money was close they went to the “somewhere else.” And maybe the guys you have to “buy” (e.g., Aberdeen and maybe Dioubate) turn out to be a problem in regard to accepting roles, chemistry, etc.. Further, most of the best PG options were dead on arrival in regard to UK’s chances to land them regardless of overpaying.

Now that doesn’t explain all the misses by any stretch, the biggest in my opinion being Lendeborg choosing Michigan over UK. Wilkerson was more likely due to the roster already being pretty full, but I thought there were a number of guys who would have fit in the shooter role just as well or better (e.g., Agbim, McKneely, etc.), some of which, if I’m being honest, haven’t looked like world beaters so far this season.

Basically, right or wrong, I wasn’t thrilled with the guys UK got in the transfer portal in comparison to what I hoped for. None of them would have been in my top 3 wants at their position. I hoped the force of depth would win out, but so far that’s not the case. UK has to do better in recruiting, with the priority order being: (1) identifying the best multi-year high school guys to build a future returning core – this is where “coaching eye” talent is huge; (2) solidify a starting position or two and one or two backup roles with best-fit transfers; and (3) maybe add a one OAD guy (or maybe two if you know one guy really isn’t and you think you can retain him).

 

[fisherscatfan]

I don’t think the new deal with JMI that included the NIL junk was signed until August.

I remember Matt Jones incessant praise of who was doing the contracts that ended up on this roster and his concern with moving to JMI for that essentially.

So is JMI impacting Christian Collins? Maybe. I don’t think it’s why we missed on any star this spring though.

I agree. The mismanagement of the current roster is 100% on Pope.

The NIL stuff is going on now. Mitch 100% thought the SCORE Act would pass. He flipped the SEC to officially support SCORE. With that Act, all schools NIL deals were going to be monitored and required to be approved by a clearinghouse. Deloitte did an analysis and reported 75% or more of current deals by ”collectives” would not meet the proposed standards of service requirements and market value. Congress isn’t approving SCORE as currently written.

IMO since Mitch wont address, Mitch’s disdain for the collectives is essentially being the current “pay for play” and his belief SCORE would pass led him to sign a deal that gave a significant amount of control to JMI and restrictions on collectives. Other schools haven’t given up their ability to use collectives. UK is fighting an uphill battle.

Mitch hates the collectives and the pay for play concept. He doesn’t think it is within the rules. Why else did he go on a rant that UK won’t break the rules? I hate it too but it is the environment we are in and must navigate. If SCORE gets passed and NIL deals are required to be approved for actual work, then the JMI deal comes down to can JMI get vendors to “pony up” for UK athletes. If not, UK will always be behind.

 

[Jeauxboo]

It doesn’t lack flexibility, y’all just lie about. Specifically how does it lack flexibility?

It lacks flexibility because NIL deals have to route through a slow, corporate sponsorship structure instead of letting athletes and collectives move fast. Category exclusivities, approval layers, and JMI-controlled inventory all create bottlenecks that other SEC schools simply don’t have.

 

[Snarks]

LOOK IT UP! The executive UK AD Rachel Baker is married to JMI Executive Brandon Baker. His Bio mentions her by name!

The entire UK athletics dept is a cesspool of greed and shady contracts! They all need to go!

 

[Jeauxboo]

I agree. The mismanagement of the current roster is 100% on Pope.

The NIL stuff is going on now. Mitch 100% thought the SCORE Act would pass. He flipped the SEC to officially support SCORE. With that Act, all schools NIL deals were going to be monitored and required to be approved by a clearinghouse. Deloitte did an analysis and reported 75% or more of current deals by ”collectives” would not meet the proposed standards of service requirements and market value. Congress isn’t approving SCORE as currently written.

IMO since Mitch wont address, Mitch’s disdain for the collectives is essentially being the current “pay for play” and his belief SCORE would pass led him to sign a deal that gave a significant amount of control to JMI and restrictions on collectives. Other schools haven’t given up their ability to use collectives. UK is fighting an uphill battle.

Mitch hates the collectives and the pay for play concept. He doesn’t think it is within the rules. Why else did he go on a rant that UK won’t break the rules? I hate it too but it is the environment we are in and must navigate. If SCORE gets passed and NIL deals are required to be approved for actual work, then the JMI deal comes down to can JMI get vendors to “pony up” for UK athletes. If not, UK will always be behind.

The SCORE Act bill lost bipartisan support, got pulled before a vote, and nobody in Congress wants to carry the NCAA’s water in an election year. It has no votes, no momentum, and no future.

 

[The Ganner]

So are you saying Pope would be a recruiting juggernaut if UK was with Playfly?
That's the conspiracy theory part for me.
I'm not ready to blame this roster on JMI.

This is you. Guess it isn't just twitter.

 

[Snarks]

I agree. The mismanagement of the current roster is 100% on Pope.

The NIL stuff is going on now. Mitch 100% thought the SCORE Act would pass. He flipped the SEC to officially support SCORE. With that Act, all schools NIL deals were going to be monitored and required to be approved by a clearinghouse. Deloitte did an analysis and reported 75% or more of current deals by ”collectives” would not meet the proposed standards of service requirements and market value. Congress isn’t approving SCORE as currently written.

IMO since Mitch wont address, Mitch’s disdain for the collectives is essentially being the current “pay for play” and his belief SCORE would pass led him to sign a deal that gave a significant amount of control to JMI and restrictions on collectives. Other schools haven’t given up their ability to use collectives. UK is fighting an uphill battle.

Mitch hates the collectives and the pay for play concept. He doesn’t think it is within the rules. Why else did he go on a rant that UK won’t break the rules? I hate it too but it is the environment we are in and must navigate. If SCORE gets passed and NIL deals are required to be approved for actual work, then the JMI deal comes down to can JMI get vendors to “pony up” for UK athletes. If not, UK will always be behind.

Good post! Once again Mitch puts his morals over what’s best for the department. Did it with alcohol, now NIL. The dude needs to go and not get his $1.6mil parachute on the way out.

 

[Jeauxboo]

It doesn’t lack flexibility, y’all just lie about. Specifically how does it lack flexibility?

If that’s a lie, just point me to the part of the agreement that gives UK unrestricted NIL freedom without JMI’s categories or approvals. If that exists, I’ll happily stand corrected.

 

[Verbal Kint II]

If that’s a lie, just point me to the part of the agreement that gives UK unrestricted NIL freedom without JMI’s categories or approvals. If that exists, I’ll happily stand corrected.

You can use any NIL that you want. LOL at restrictions. You don’t even have to use JMI, you can do deals with any collective, businesses, boosters or anyone else that you could before at UK. Y’all just keep repeating the lie that you have to do NIL deals with JMI. JMI just absorbed UKs in house NIL, everything else still exists. The difference with JMI is you do deals with the hundreds of UK corporate partners and are allowed to use UKs marks and logos. I would love to hear what NIL deals are restricted when players can do deals with anyone they want. Fighting Matt’s Jones war against JMI and UK is more important than to yall than supporting UK. All this energy spreading lies and misinformation for a program you supposedly cheer for is something else.

 

[SkyPrince]

This is you. Guess it isn't just twitter.

View attachment 1061973

Feel free to educate everyone on exactly how JMI has UK's recruiting handcuffed.
I thought my point was pretty clear but I'll say it again.
I call ******** that JMI is responsible for this horrid roster.
Don't remember Pope doing any complaining last spring.
He claimed it was a Ferrari.
I also call ******** that JMI is the reason UK had zero HS commits right now.
Why would you come to the conclusion that Pope has his stuff together any better in his off the court duties than his does on the court.
Basketball NIL is fine.
Football may have room to complain.

 

[Verbal Kint II]

It lacks flexibility because NIL deals have to route through a slow, corporate sponsorship structure instead of letting athletes and collectives move fast. Category exclusivities, approval layers, and JMI-controlled inventory all create bottlenecks that other SEC schools simply don’t have.

No they don’t, you can use any form of NIL that you want. You all keep claiming that athletes have to use JMI when they don’t. No matter how many times yall lie, athletes can still do deals with whomever they want without using JMI. The only restrictions are the new clearinghouse that all NIL at every program go through to make sure they’re legit. You also claim that it’s a slow process when you have no earthly idea how any of it works.

 

[The Ganner]

Feel free to educate everyone on exactly how JMI has UK's recruiting handcuffed.
I thought my point was pretty clear but I'll say it again.
I call ******** that JMI is responsible for this horrid roster.
Don't remember Pope doing any complaining last spring.
He claimed it was a Ferrari.
I also call ******** that JMI is the reason UK had zero HS commits right now.
Why would you come to the conclusion that Pope has his stuff together any better in his off the court duties than his does on the court.
Basketball NIL is fine.
Football may have room to complain.

Man, I'm not the guy you were arguing with I don't have your answers for you. I'm a third party who doesn't know which of you is right, I'm just pointing out that you're being unreasonable and you're putting words in his mouth. You're making bad faith arguments. You're making assumptions and blasting people for them. If your goal is to convince people of something, you're doing the opposite. Again, I have no idea which of you is really right, but you're doing everything possible to make me conclude that you're unreliable and irrational.