If you missed it on Sunday, Kyle Tucker of the Courier-Journal had an interesting story outlining h

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If you missed it on Sunday, Kyle Tucker of the  Courier-Journal had an interesting story outlining how UK head basketball coach John Calipari and UK football coach Mark Stoops used charter jets to the tune of $450,000 to go recruiting last year.
The Cats head coaches private-jet-setting is really more out of necessity for us than it is a perk, said deputy athletic director DeWayne Peevy, who noted that Calipari juggles recruiting nationally, which most programs cannot do, and being on campus to work with his current team.
Coaching at Kentucky allows certain opportunities, one of which is to be able to coordinate our busy recruiting schedule and team practices, said Calipari, who was once again on the road recruiting this week, through a UK spokesman. Because of access to private planes, I am able to get out and see the kids I need to see but make it back in time to be with my team.
The jet money comes out of the football and basketball programs recruiting budgets, although Calipari s has to maintain some flexibility, given how wide a net he can cast in a given year. And he gets what he needs.
Judged from the long arc of history, the Kentucky-Louisville sports rivalry is a fairly cheap travel for military recent phenomenon. The Cats and Cards did not begin playing regularly in men’s basketball until 1983 and in football until 1994.
That dysfunction was on display again last week with Mark Stoops pulling out from the traditional preseason Governor’s Cup luncheon/news cheap travel for military conference, an event that had long featured cheap travel for military the Kentucky and Louisville head coaches together.
Unless someone can figure out a Star Trek transporter device, it would be impossible for Cal to get around the country seeing who he has to by flying commercial in the limited time period allowed by the NCAA. Hell, the airlines are lucky if even 25% of their flights arrive or depart on time as it is. I know...I travel...a lot in my job capacity.
As far as paranoid, let s just say that spending 35+ years in the media does that to you. Anyone who thinks that there aren t reporters / commentators/ personalities that have an agenda in the business are delusional. Especially today where it s more important to get hits than on being accurate for example.
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