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jwheat

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When is it acceptable for your kid to attend a school other than UK? If I have a son that is being recruited by Kentucky and he doesn't want to go to school there then he has something to learn about being from Kentucky.

Obviously if your kid isn't being recruited by UK its a different story, but what about other sports like football or women's basketball?
 
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_Rooster

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Take him fishing . . .



then support his decision.
 
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mrdavisanddd

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My daughter had a choice to either go to UK or Loserville for medical school I finally talked her into UK but if she had picked Prostitute U I would have supported her but man it would have been tuff.
 
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MakinMusic_rivals

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It wouldn't matter to me if my kid played for any school. A college scholarship to play any sport or for academic reasons is always welcome. The school isn't really a factor.
 
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DelkBowl

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I would have him shipped over to Iraq as a Christian missionary to spread the good word.
 
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KopiKat

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The primary word in the original post is "IF". Aside from that, one thing I remember from growing up, and learned all over again when raising children, is that parents greatly under-estimate young people's ability to evaluate the world around them, and assess for themselves accordingly. Support the son. Can't be only what you want.
 
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KA4Prez_rivals78700

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Raise him right. Expose him early to the magic of UK. Watch games with him. Explain the game to him. Review the great history of UK with him. If he then becomes good enough to go to UK, nearly 100% chance he wants to go there. Now, if he doesn't have the chance to go to UK, then all bets are off and I would support him going anywhere else.
 
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jwheat

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Well I'd blister his ***, then take him fishing, the.mn make him write a paper on the state he is from. Then if he still wanted to go to Tennessee or Indiana i would know he isn't really my kid to begin with.
 
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UKallDay

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If you are a diehard UK fan and your son doesn't pick up on that, you've probably done something wrong along the way. My family lives in Southern Indiana and my kids are too young to really get the whole BBN thing, but they proudly tell all of their friends we are Kentucky fans and randomly yell Go Big Blue! because we yell it together during games.
 
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bthaunert

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Here is a great clip of Chris Spielman talking about when he told his dad he was looking at going to Michigan

 
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I'm all for men fathering their kids. Frankly, there are not many ways around it. I, personally, am against trying to father someone else's kids.
 
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UofKBlue

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My son is 10 and his #1 goal is to play either basketball or baseball at UK. He knows no other option at this point. It's called parenting.
 
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sometimes though -no matter how well you raise them, or how strongly you indoctrinate them, they turn on you. Sometimes they are so strong willed, they'll choose to support a different team just to defy you, then are too stubborn to admit it when they are wrong.
Sometimes it happens :cry:
 
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sg24_

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I would support them on what ever choice they made. Sort of going through that now with the oldest looking a colleges. We are just looking for the best fit for them to get them to where they want to be in their life.
 
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Ben101er

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ThroughBlue said:
When is it acceptable for your kid to attend a school other than UK? If I have a son that is being recruited by Kentucky and he doesn't want to go to school there then he has something to learn about being from Kentucky.

Obviously if your kid isn't being recruited by UK its a different story, but what about other sports like football or women's basketball?
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If UK is not his dream school, by the time he becomes a HS Soph or Jr, then it is too late to change them. Most UK fans get their kids involved in the Big Blue hysteria by the time they get into grade school. After you get them loving UK, then you teach them that UL is Lil Brother.
 
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MdWIldcat55

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I thought this thread was going to be about paternity tests. But since it is not:
My oldest daughter graduated from Florida, took a master's degree at Gonzaga and is teaching at Kansas while finishing up a phD program. No, I am not making that up. Kansas and Florida and Gonzaga.
My next daughter is in pre-med at Maryland.
My son is looking at a lot of schools, including Virginia and possibly Duke.

All you can do is turn your back on them and act like they never existed.
 
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jwheat

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MdWIldcat55 said:
I thought this thread was going to be about paternity tests. But since it is not:
My oldest daughter graduated from Florida, took a master's degree at Gonzaga and is teaching at Kansas while finishing up a phD program. No, I am not making that up. Kansas and Florida and Gonzaga.
My next daughter is in pre-med at Maryland.
My son is looking at a lot of schools, including Virginia and possibly Duke.

All you can do is turn your back on them and act like they never existed.
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Finally a reasonable answer
 
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_Rooster

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ThroughBlue said:
Well I'd blister his ***, then take him fishing, the.mn make him write a paper on the state he is from. Then if he still wanted to go to Tennessee or Indiana i would know he isn't really my kid to begin with.
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Sounds like the paternity test might be in order
 
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DelkBowl

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Make him pay his own way and remove him from my Last Will and Testament, and move without telling him where we have gone.
 
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