Totally different, can't tell your employer your aren't going to work and continue to get paid as if you were
No Green Room/Draft invite for JQ
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I believe JQ could have played. If he could have played , received money and didn’t , then in a sense that’s fraud. Yes, we took a gamble, but not many kids take the money and refuse to play. That is the problem with this stupid paying a person for his name and not his production.
I won’t root for him or claim him as a Kentucky guy because I believe he did UK wrong. Just like Sharpe.
Every kid essentially can take the money then sit if they wanted to. Most don’t .
I’ll root for those guys.
The kid at Kansas load managed himself and sat out when he was tired. If I was a Kansas fan, I would not wish him success either.
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That's a good positive way to look at it.
Yeah, if you know human beings more forgiving and less vengeful and petty than your god, then you aren't praying to God.
They probably thought he was going to steal something (like he stole from UK).
I took a pay cut from $18 to $15 at a mines once,, didn't have to think twice about it.. And who gives a **** if they're on the clock posting on here?
What work did he do? Rehab? He could have done that on his own time.
Which is why schools need clauses that don’t pay out if they don’t play. It’s huge business and those clauses exist for a reason. Contracts based on escalators are used all the time.
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It's called NIL (Name Image and Likeness). He delivered on that. Kentucky and sponsors paid. He fulfilled his part of the contract. You being mad that he was too injured and this administration miscalculated his recovery is a you problem.
Why would he care about Kentucky?
You are proving you only care about him if he is playing.
John Q. He is the lesser known brother of Don Q. He isn't as smooth.
Well actually... if you cannot fulfill your job duties due to a serious health condition you can in most instances.
They also could've put those stipulations in his contract.
They did not.
They gambled and lost.
It happens.
He must have read the Ball family book of "Messing up your kids futures for Dummies".
Not going to happen, but if for some twist of fate it does, I will come back here and eat crow. I think those team doctors who said pass on him are probably in a better position to figure it out. Now, with all of this talk of God, who knows.
I wish they would structure some kind of contract where if they don't play they must forfeit most of the money and if it is because they were injured then they must come back the next year and keep the money. If they decide not to and go on to the NBA or transfer, forfeit the pay.
It’s framed as NIL, but everyone knows it’s pay for play. Show me all the ads and things he did for that money. I bet they were few and far between and way above market value.
As the other posters stated, Vanderbilt had a legit injury.
https://milehighsports.com/finally-...k-vanderbilt-nears-return-to-court-pro-debut/
It's sad that fans still don't know better.
They can’t, it’s called NIL as you said. They legally can’t do that. Which is why people call it theft, and why it’s so one sided right now that it needs to be changed. It’s pro sports now and collective bargaining has to happen to protect all parties.
Damn straight Make Kentucky Basketball Great Again!“Make Ky Great Again“ —- by hatin on 18yr olds with a BAD Knee.
I pray you find PEACE before it’s TOO late
You can go protest and burn a UK flag.
Only if you have short term or long term disability or workman's comp. Even then you aren't paid full wage the entire time
He played only for the back of the jersey. I root for the front of the jersey. He out. Good luck and good riddance!
It would be illegal to base his NIL contract on how many games he played
Be careful his daddy told everyone where he was in rupp and if you had a problem come and talk to him
If he ever gets in. G-league or international until... I hope for his sake that the money he got from UK is being either invested or has been for the most part saved for the future.
Spurs media seems to think JQ is their target at number 20
Many comp him to Robert Williams from Portland. It'll be all about who falls to the Spurs, but their target will be a strong 4. That could be anyone from Johnson, Graves, Quaintnance, Steinbech - best of who falls.
I'm going to find watching them and OKC during the draft very interesting, as both will be looking to find ways to stay ahead in that matchup.
This is what happens when you let your family or handlers control your career. They do what's best for them, not for you.
And he essentially has no basketball skill. He can't dribble and he can't shoot.
That's Jamal Sunburn. Remember that race baiting turd?