Heās just the absolute ******* worst
Mitch on Countdown to tipoff 6pm
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They literally threatened grandmothers with sweaters that didnāt even have UK on them from what I was told. They try to brand everything they can whether they have say or not. They are tyrants obsessed with profits. Theyāre a sick group. Mitch is just the hatchet man that sets it up for the corrupt pos at the top.
Wish the United Kingdom would come in and win a lawsuit that they canāt use UK and must repay all of the money theyāve made using it. These guys are corrupted by money worse than private equity. And no this doesnāt happen everywhere. Not to this level.
That's the impression I get. I see him celebrating, but it never seems to match the situation.
Itās all an act. Everyone did him honor by watching.
Too bad some people believed him.
Unfortunately, the problems don't stop with Barnhart; he didn't hire himself.
This is true. The BOT is basically ran like a private equity firm. Profits over winning. This might be way a lot of coaches donāt want to come here, and why they have to overpay so badly.
We need them all cleared out. This means too much to let these banking foreigners come in here and destroy what great Kentucky men built. Iāve always said, and my father said this years and years ago, when they removed a lot of the Kentucky men in charge that was the end. Those men cares, these men donāt. Heās turning out right more. Mitch is really trying to act like he cares deeply about the commonwealth, he doesnāt give a sht and never did. Heās one of the most awful men I have ever seen in my life. I do believe heās a con and a hatchet man, and does nothing but lie.
We literally hired Pope to take our eyes off of whatās going on and to be controlled by our emotions and all of this came to light. Get rid of him too.
We canāt even win a SEC regular season or SEC tournament in our own backyard in Nashville. Mitch has killed UK basketball. We are now UCLA, or Indiana. Until you get someone with some competitiveness as an AD, UK basketball is finished. We arenāt even in the top half of the SEC, Iām so over this.
I think the fanbase needs to come to the realization it might take a year or two of horrific recruiting and possibly Popeās coaching tenure to get this rectified. I hope thatās not the case but if JMI is going to restrict recruits in any way, agents are going to look in other directions.
Key point and so foolish to limit our reach like that! Shortsighted doesnāt begin to explain it!
Iāve never done this in my life. I will not support this. Weāre not watching until itās fixed. We arenāt paying a dime until Mitch is removed and the higher ups decide winning matters. Iāll check scores and move on until a new regime is brought in. I suggest the fanbase begin to use collective action and do the same.
You can stand against it and use your power or watch a losing product and the program is finished. You canāt support and win with this taking place.
You can stand against it and use your power or watch a losing product and the program is finished. You canāt support and win with this taking place.
According to the article,, was the use of Kentucky..
"Several weeks ago, Fultz got a letter from one of the University of Kentucky's contract attorneys, Michael Hargis of King & Schickli. It said that UK had trademarked the word Kentucky for items such as T-shirts since 1997."
You telling me youāre not watching tonight? At least the 1st half?
Iām downtown now. Mood isā¦weird. You can tell everyone is nervous af. Lot of IU fans here also
Nah Iām done until a change is made. No support from me and mine. If this is how itās going to go, then thereās zero reason to pay attention. Iām out until changes.
That was not an interview as much as a platform to spew talking points.
I wish we could get a recruit and then have them sue JMI to see how the courts believe them requiring them to give up their own Likeness in the deal they sign with the school.. that would be an interesting case and potentially help us get rid of this bottleneck caused by the most worthless AD in history.
So once Pope gets it turned around are you going to do another 180 and tell us how great the hire was like you were after the Georgetown exhibition?
They are counting on fans showing up in seats. That's the metric he looks at every morning. They've taken advantage of this in football for decades. The football team support is strong considering how terrible the program has been over the years. Joker's last year being the exception and it forced a change. In basketball think how bad it would have to get for the typical Rupp ticket holder to not show up. Or the fan that can't get in Rupp that shows up for away games. I'm afraid we're a long way from any significant changes.
I respect your decision. I respect anyoneās decision to not go to games.
But attendance doesnāt matter until itās 50% or less and our eyeballs watching on tv even less. The only thing that would get his attention is a very organized directed boycott of sponsors.
Like all ājournalistsā and major networks these days.
Nope. Until Mitch is gone and major administrative changes are made Iām gonna go on and not put myself through the death of Kentucky basketball.
I also think (know) collective action is the only way to make this change. You support it anyway, you just gave them exactly what they want. Support a bad product if you wish. Beating Indiana doesnāt even matter, we suck. Kentucky basketball havenāt been good in a long time. So supporting this? Thereās no point to it. Youāre going to get a sweet 16 here and there and missed tournament every 3 years, top 7 SEC finishes during good years, thereās no point. Have you noticed the last 10 years? Theyāre trying to convince everyone itās what it always was and itās not. So all I can do is turn away and hope many others use collective action to revolt and force their hand. Donāt do it, the program is gone.
We as fans need to boycott all the partners and stop going to games.
No wonder Calipari dissed him and did his own thing. Probably the only reason we could do anything at all.
Do they put the trademark on the map? Lmfao I hate lawyers and institutions like that. Petty as hell.
No we canāt get AJ Dybantsa because he wants to do a Doritos ad and get paid by BYU. Here at Kentucky we donāt do that kind of thing. We want guys to sell State Farm only and get paid by signing autographs.
Marks mean the UK logo. In other words, you can sign as many shoe deals you want but you canāt put the UK logo on your shoes. . Thatās basic copyright and patent law.
The guy is a walking train wreck. What weāve got is a banker. Heās always been a banker heās not a natural AD. Heās a hatchet man here to strictly bring revenue. Winning is nothing something heās interested in.
Basically said our nil is fine. JMI is great. They want players to use UK partners but they CAN go get their own deal. BUTā¦..if they donāt use one of our partners, they canāt wear any UK gear. That could be a big roadblock.
From my understanding itās not just putting marks, itās wearing them. And Tennessee players are all over wearing logos. They donāt have that restriction. Donāt believe LSU does either. Havenāt seen the rest but itās been said weāre the most strict.
All I know for sure is agents donāt like the way itās restricted. At all. So until thatās fixed itās a killer. Need to do what they want. Iām sure some of this is similar but some of it, whatever it is, is more restrictive at UK. So remove that language.
Yes but these things are far more regulated at UK than anywhere else.
Inwas gonna ask a buddy of mine whoās a UT guy and is pretty plugged in to how theyāre operating this what the difference is.
They are hard to deal with but so is Notre Dame, Bama, and a bunch others. It marketing the logo and the brand and why the agents hate it they are not in control. Lawyers
Which explains why we have to way over pay significantly. Very limited opportunities outside of initial deal.