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re: Barnhart Saying 50% Capacity for Basketball and Football Games this Fall

Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:49 pm to
Posted by LouisvilleKat
Member since Oct 2016
18722 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:49 pm to
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Barnhart knows nothing


Those are his current contingency plans for Kentucky, he's not saying your school has to follow.
Posted by Mfdtiger
Deatsville, Alabama
Member since Oct 2010
751 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 7:53 pm to
How about only fans that have had covid and recovered. Sign me up for COVID and the game. War Damn, taking one for the team.
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 7:54 pm
Posted by RIPMachoMan
Member since Jun 2011
6315 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 8:18 pm to
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That makes a lot of sense actually. They'll all be going to parties and doinking each other in the dorms anyway. The additional exposure for them would be negligible.


Not to mention younger demographic with low risk of serious symptoms plus being at school less likely to visit family or older crowd.

Let the students enjoy their time in school. We old fricks can watch on tv this season
This post was edited on 7/6/20 at 8:19 pm
Posted by HamzooReb
Utah
Member since Mar 2013
12499 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 8:50 pm to
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just let the students attend and spread them out


No point in spreading them out. College students aren't "social distancing" anyways.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:25 pm to
Well, old bitch Mitch is getting what he wants at UK. He down-sized Commonwealth Stadium and made it Kroger Field. Then he down-sized Rupp Arena, something I didn’t think was possible. 30,500 and 10,272 are crowds often seen in the MAC and CUSA. I have a feeling that bastard is trying to move UK to one of those conferences before he heads back to his home state of Kansas. The Cats already play men’s soccer in the CUSA, after moving from the MAC.

Ditch Mitch!
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Feb 2015
12709 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:26 pm to
Whatever allows us to have football this season is ok by me at this point lol. I couldnt give a shite less about the nfl anymore, just gimme my tiger football baby!
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
21183 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:38 pm to
Let's just hope we get something. Too many politicians and media mouths are pushing for cancelling the seasons entirely, so you know 100% capacity isn't going to happen.

Probably the best we can hope for is 50% this year, and when everyone doesn't die by New Years, we get a return to normalcy next year.
Posted by ImayGoLesMiles
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Feb 2015
12709 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 9:41 pm to
That's fine by me. I just don't want to withdrawal from not having football ya know? Lol, I will take whatever I can get this season. Geaux frickin tigers.
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
47032 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 10:40 pm to
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If they are going to allow lower capacity just let the students attend and spread them out. It's college football so let those currently attending get to experience the games. Just my opinion

Actually like that idea even though I’m not a student anymore.

Would suck to miss a college football season while you’re there
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
17769 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 10:58 pm to
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Well, old bitch Mitch is getting what he wants at UK. He down-sized Commonwealth Stadium and made it Kroger Field. Then he down-sized Rupp Arena, something I didn’t think was possible. 30,500 and 10,272 are crowds often seen in the MAC and CUSA. I have a feeling that bastard is trying to move UK to one of those conferences before he heads back to his home state of Kansas. The Cats already play men’s soccer in the CUSA, after moving from the MAC.

Ditch Mitch!


Stop
Posted by BlueBlood2020
Lexington, KY
Member since Sep 2017
557 posts
Posted on 7/6/20 at 11:58 pm to
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It won't happen. Donors only


Surely you know how the KFund works? I’d say approximately 90% of the season ticket holders are donors as their ticket purchase requires a mandatory donation.
Posted by Krampus
Member since Nov 2018
5324 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 12:09 am to
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He down-sized Commonwealth Stadium and made it Kroger Field. Then he down-sized Rupp Arena, something I didn’t think was possible.


Downsizing the venues is smart. All indicatora point to in-person attendance taking a big hit across the board for everyone in the coming years. I think there's a very good chance everyone is going to be downsizing their stadiums within the next decade or so. TV coverage is just too high quality and too widely available for schools to keep charging the way they do for in-person attendance. Barnhart may come out looking like a genius in hindsight.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:36 am to
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Barnhart may come out looking like a genius in hindsight.


Or, more likely, he’ll look like a fool for sacrificing a basketball recruiting advantage. UK had led basketball attendance for 21 of the past 22 seasons. Now Rupp has fewer seats than the chicken bucket at UL, the TBA at UT and the Smith Dome at UNC. I seriously thought there would be an uprising by the 3,000 fans who lost their seats in Rupp. It’s hard to believe, and even harder to accept I suppose, the sea change that’s happening in college sports.
Posted by DingLeeBerry
Member since Oct 2014
11204 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:44 am to
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If they are going to allow lower capacity just let the students attend and spread them out. It's college football so let those currently attending get to experience the games. Just my opinion




Use halftime to disinfect the seats after the students leave to go party then let paying customers come in for the second half.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
17769 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:20 am to
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Or, more likely, he’ll look like a fool for sacrificing a basketball recruiting advantage. UK had led basketball attendance for 21 of the past 22 seasons. Now Rupp has fewer seats than the chicken bucket at UL, the TBA at UT and the Smith Dome at UNC. I seriously thought there would be an uprising by the 3,000 fans who lost their seats in Rupp. It’s hard to believe, and even harder to accept I suppose, the sea change that’s happening in college sports.
Who cares. Football is infinitely more important and the upgrades have been phenomenal to the football stadium. The baseball complex is amazing. And Rupp will be great once all of the remodel is done.

What the hell does the attendance capacity at Rupp matter if we dont ever schedule anyone worth a frick for home and home? Not to mention how absurd the roster turnover is. Couldnt possibly care fricking less about basketball at this point. Its a joke.

Take a look around this very board. Do you see anyone else whining about basketball? Wake up
Posted by Krampus
Member since Nov 2018
5324 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 11:11 am to
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Or, more likely, he’ll look like a fool for sacrificing a basketball recruiting advantage. UK had led basketball attendance for 21 of the past 22 seasons. Now Rupp has fewer seats than the chicken bucket at UL, the TBA at UT and the Smith Dome at UNC.


You think 3,000 seats in the home venue is going to make or break a recruit's decision? I seriously doubt any incoming recruit knows the capacity of Rupp at all, let alone splitting hairs on how it compares to UL and UNC by a few seats, when they're all basically the same size. This is an absurd thing to get mad about.
Posted by Pauldingtiger
Alabama
Member since Jan 2019
903 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 12:06 pm to
At 50% I can see long time ticket holders being upset when told that they have to spread out into the end-zones and upper decks. I can see them all crowding in the lower bowls and between the goal posts “. I’ve had tickets for 30 years and I’m not sitting in the upper deck.” Some will say.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
123769 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 12:25 pm to
Yes, and to get in this season, you will have to pony up even more. It's the covid donation on top of the kfund donation.
Posted by Slackaveli
Fayetteville
Member since Jul 2017
15230 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 12:28 pm to
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This is why I love the SEC.



bruh, you are trippin balls if you think there'll be a football season with fans.. Probably wont even be a season until at least Spring.
This post was edited on 7/7/20 at 12:29 pm
Posted by GeorgeWest
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
13617 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 1:03 pm to
There will be no college football in a Feb-May season in 2021. It's fall, 2020 or no cfb in the 2020-2021 school year.
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