Kentucky Basketball: Foolish Fans Make Life Difficult For Everyone

were meant as remembrences for those that attended the game. GET IT?

Only you can answer your question about yourself. My article was about a letter that was posted on Clay’s blog, and I don’t intend to try to arbitrate its application.

Everything I have to say about this is said above. Your mileage may vary. There is such a thing as being too much of a fan.

my wife and I joined the PTO at their school. At a meeting attended mostly by women who were questioning how to get more fathers involved, I suggested a three on three basketball tournament for the fathers. The children could cheer their dads on. Someone else said that the children should be able to play also so I said have the same thing for them and the fathers could coach. Since it was a tournament concept I mentioned scoring and advancement. At that point the physical education teacher rose in protest about keeping score, saying that the children didn’t participate in win or lose competitions. All of the children were to be winners. Of course I responded with what about when they graduate and aren’t chosen for the job they apply for?

This is a long way of saying that we have generations that expect to get everything anyone else gets without appreciation for the extra effort it takes to get your share of a limited resource. It is not just fans, it is an entire nation.

Curious though – would it make anybody nervous if the businesses that give away calendars with the team picture and schedule on them suddenly started charging customers for them?

Yeah, that’s about right. Over the top fandom has always frustrated me, and entitled over the top fandom was just a bridge to far this morning.

going off of just the little excerpt provided here I thought the angst directed toward David was a little harsh too. Sure, he sounds like a self important sort with the sentence provided, but I’m not sure that his fandom should be in question. He’s a fan, just a self-seeking one who wants something deemed to be cool.

And while yes, I think David is possibly one who thinks he is entitled, I’m also not sure how this all of sudden became a generational thing. Sort of a broad brush there if you ask me. This is just about David, I sort of thought. I’m assuming that David is young-ish, yes? Well, Anthony Davis is young, MGK is young and they are out there working hard on the court and going to school. Are they too considered in this self-entitlement generation?

… opinions vary. I stand by mine, and as to whether or not he deserved it, that’s irrelevant. My intention was and is to use this as a case study, and that guy may be a super person, but that comment he made to Clay was, in my view, moronic and deserved to be blasted. I don’t expect everyone to agree, and I couldn’t care one iota whether or not they do. I’m not trying to be popular, I’m trying to make a point, and I intended to make it emphatically for a reason. You may think of him as a faceless archetype if you prefer.

With respect to the violation, the school may not sell, or sanction the selling of athlete’s images. If you read what I wrote above, you will see two cases that could be problematic — if any employees of the school are involved, or any boosters. These can be imputed as rules violations to the school, which is why they sent “cease and desist” letters.

I will not address the right to engage in free commerce except to point out that the NCAA, in their infinite wisdom (or lack thereof) has placed free trade of sports memorabilia involving current athletes as off-limits as they can, and failure by a school to forbid such commerce is seen as sanctioning it, and subject to a finding of a violation. As far as I can see, the act of sending out “cease and desist” letters mostly inoculates the school, but dissociation may also be required in certain cases.

Just because he’s usually so articulate and succinct on things like this. We await your analysis, Fearless Leader.

He was after the wrong coach with the initials JC for players not going to class.

I think I will later, depending on how fast I get through my todo list today. If not, maybe this weekend.

But you’re right, that was a great article, and your point is well taken.

Hmmmmmmmm……gonna have to dig out the ’ol dictionary. :)

i guess that is just one of the mistakes

But I suppose they are willing to take the gamble. The C&D’s are probably enough to prevent the NCAA from coming down on them, but you never know.

It’s a risk/reward thing, and I don’t think a major violation is even a remote possibility. So they decided not to play it safe.

I seen an old UK baseball jacket a guy wanted way too much for. You can’t stop free enterprise system, the NCAA has to know this.

Hilarious!

forcing us to wear gray uniforms that don’t even have our school colors on them too!

But it made me feel better. Probably rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic would too.

I guess I’m easy to please. :-)

You have knocked down and kicked the stuffing out of that strawman. Well done. :-)

… one of those risk/reward things.

I imagine most UK fans would like to have one, but unlike “David,” most of us also understand that swag given to game attendees represents part of the ticket price. If it were generally available to everyone, it would be worthless.

I don’t know how to use one, anyway. :-)

Okay if they don’t.

I’ve got to pay postage! NO WAY! The people at the game didn’t have to pay postage. ;-)

… it’s a risk/reward thing. UK figures that by using C&D letters, they can innoculate themselves, and for the most part, the record suggests that they are right.

Where this could go wrong, though, is if a school employee or booster gets involved, or Davis gets even slightly close to a person who might be involved in the sale of a poster. Then, it could be a problem.

But the risk is not all that great, and it does have great recruiting and PR benefits that arguably outweigh the risks. So it’s kind of like going for it on that par 5 where your approach is over water. If you are 250 yards away, it’s not a good bet. If you’re hitting a 7-iron in, it’s a pretty small risk for a pretty big reward. I’d say UK is probably closer to a 7 iron than a 3-wood on this one.

Well, all righty then. :-)

go for it, wineman.

… No. :-)

Oh, wait. The alien in Independence Day used that one.

Hope they don’t sue me for infringement … :-)