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re: Louisville - did the SEC miss out?
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:31 pm to UofLCards83
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:31 pm to UofLCards83
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Only UK would name their arena after one of the biggest racists in U.S. History. Should I tell the other SEC fans that UK fans back in the 80s (and some still do today) refer to UofL as the "N*gger School*, I think that just says it all doesn't it?
Wow, just wow.... 
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Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:35 pm to UofLCards83
Everyone on this board needs to read this article:
Former hoops star recalls Adolph Rupp's Racism
Same for you BluegrassBelle and other UK fans, read that article and tell me Rupp wasn't a racist.
Former hoops star recalls Adolph Rupp's Racism
Same for you BluegrassBelle and other UK fans, read that article and tell me Rupp wasn't a racist.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:36 pm to UofLCards83
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UofLCards83
And you need to do research and admit to your blatant little lie about UL integrating before Kentucky.
ETA: You realize that this board is mostly people from the deep south? Ole Miss had to sneak out of town during the night when they wanted to play a team with black players back then.
This post was edited on 6/8/13 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:38 pm to UofLCards83
And you can feel free to read multiple links at this link that says it's not nearly so cut and dry as UofL want you to think.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:39 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Because they didn't have to travel to the South to compete. Same reasons most of the SEC didn't integrate until late.
No excuse BluegrassBelle, no excuse. Doing the right thing is seldom easy, UK took the easy way out. UK could've left the SEC and competed in another conference against schools from the midwest and northeast.
A lot of blacks (and even a fair amount of whites) took a lot of risks for racial equality. They did what they knew was right, UK did the opposite.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:40 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Wow, just wow....
I'm still waiting for some sort of proof.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:40 pm to UofLCards83
You do realize you can't force players to play for you if they don't want to travel to an unsafe environment for them right?
Unseld said this himself. Surely you'll take one of your best players ever at HIS word right? Or is he a liar too?
Unseld said this himself. Surely you'll take one of your best players ever at HIS word right? Or is he a liar too?
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:40 pm to UofLCards83
Still not addressing your lie about integration.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:41 pm to UofLCards83
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A lot of blacks (and even a fair amount of whites) took a lot of risks for racial equality. They did what they knew was right, UK did the opposite.
Louisville didn't even integrate until AFTER Kentucky did. What's your excuse?
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:44 pm to USMC Gators
USMC Gators it will be difficult but I have heard the first hand accounts. I am going to do some research to find an article talking about the anti-UofL sentiment from UK fans back in the day.
BTW I have a response to your schedule comment as well that I am going to start typing up.
BTW I have a response to your schedule comment as well that I am going to start typing up.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
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You do realize you can't force players to play for you if they don't want to travel to an unsafe environment for them right?
Unseld said this himself. Surely you'll take one of your best players ever at HIS word right? Or is he a liar too?
Again, UK could've left the SEC, refused to play SEC schools if they could not guarantee their safety. UK took the easy way out.
I believe Unseld, but I also believe the player in the article. Surely you will take the other players word as well. Or is he a lair?
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:47 pm to UofLCards83
Might want to start working on that response as to why UofL didn't integrate until after Kentucky despite participating in a conference not in the South.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:48 pm to UofLCards83
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Again, UK could've left the SEC, refused to play SEC schools if they could not guarantee their safety. UK took the easy way out.
And what's Louisville's excuse? Still waiting.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:50 pm to BluegrassBelle
He doesn't have a response. He wants to bash Kentucky but give Louisville a pass, even though Kentucky had African American students long before Louisville did.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:50 pm to UofLCards83
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UK could've left the SEC and competed in another conference against schools from the midwest and northeast.
UK is a founding member of the SEC.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:51 pm to CatFan81
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Still not addressing your lie about integration.
Fine, technically UofL had their first black player in 1962, UK in 1969. UK was 7 years late to the party.
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In 1931, U of L purchased the Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (est. 1879 and now Simmons College of Kentucky), as a compromise plan to desegregation. As a part of U of L, the school had an equal standing with the school's other colleges. It was dissolved in 1951 when U of L desegregated.
So technically UofL had African American Students as early as 1931. The school was dissolved in 1951, but all schools under the UofL name had equal standing. That's the key aspect.
You also seem to forget that UK didn't admit their first African American student in 1949 willingly. The student had to sue to gain entrance to UK, way to be welcoming.
While UofL embraced African Americans, African Americans who attended UK in those early years were definitely not given any southern hospitality.
This post was edited on 6/8/13 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:52 pm to kywildcatfanone
Apparently changing conferences wouldn't have mattered because "progressive" Louisville couldn't "do the right thing" either.
fricking hypocrit.
fricking hypocrit.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:53 pm to BluegrassBelle
Look at this precious comment on their Scout board.
Are they so dumb that they don't realize that Kentucky, as a founding member of the Southeastern Conference, cannot be kicked out?
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Could you imagine if there ever was a trade off and the SEC booted UK and voted us in? Don't get me wrong,
Are they so dumb that they don't realize that Kentucky, as a founding member of the Southeastern Conference, cannot be kicked out?
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:54 pm to BluegrassBelle
BluegreassBelle I just responded, UofL - 1931. UK - 1949.
Posted on 6/8/13 at 9:54 pm to UofLCards83
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UofLCards83
Louisville Fan
What is this? Integration smack?
Shouldn't you be somewhere polishing your Big East CoChamp trophy or something?
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