Kentucky men's basketball season ticket holder sues athletic department, K Fund over new ticket processes
John Meyers, a Kentucky men’s basketball fan, is upset with the school and program over season ticket policies to the point that he’s suing.
Meyers is alleging that Kentucky Athletics and the K Fund — the fundraising arm for the athletic department — violated previous season ticket policies by basing the new process on money donated, according to KSR’s Matt Jones.
The complaint has been filed in Franklin County Court. A hearing date has been set for Wednesday, Mar. 20, at 9 a.m.
The introduction of the complaint lays out a few details, including how Meyers inherited his season tickets through his parents, who got them from his grandparents.
“As a condition of obtaining premium season tickets for various varsity sports, K Fund solicits capital contributions over and above the price of the tickets from its season ticketholders. For lower arena or floor seating for UK men’s basketball games, K Fund charges is season ticketholders steep premiums on their capital contributions; however, capital contributions to K Fund are even required to secure upper arena seating,” it reads, in part.
The intro also lays out how Meyers’ grandfather was a lifelong Wildcat, playing basketball for Kentucky in the late 1900s before chairing the mathematics and astronomy departments and also coaching the varsity tennis team. Along with that, it also explains that Meyers’ uncle, John DeMoisey, earned All-American status in 1931 and 1934 while playing men’s basketball for the Wildcats.
The Kentucky men’s team is coming off a stellar performance on offense
After throttling Alabama, 117-95, head coach John Calipari raved about the performance from his squad, starting with freshman guard Justin Edwards.
Shooting a perfect 10-for-10 from the floor with 28 points to show for it — Calipari gushed over his true freshman guard during the postgame press conference.
“I kept saying [Edwards] was going to break through, I believe in you. He said coach, I believe in you. And I said you just got to stay the course. That’s I said to the team today,” Calipari said. “He has lived in the gym. He made every shot. I took him out because he reverted back and he was going to spin and move and throw the ball. I took him out because I said you’re playing a perfect game. I’m not going to let you screw it up.”
Kentucky has been reliant of the front court presence of Ugonna Onyenso, but Calipari elected to split time between him and Zvonimir Ivisic — who would have stole the show if it wasn’t for Edwards’ heroics on the evening. He finished with 18 points and five rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.
Antonio Reeves kept his hot hand going with 24 points while freshmen ball handlers Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham held up their end of things with a combined 24 points off the bench.
“And even [Ivisic]. I made a decision yesterday that I was going to play Z,” Calipari said. “I did get some pushback, but I said nope, when I wake up and in my gut says that’s what I should do, then I’m doing it. He’s waited his turn. He and Aaron [Bradshaw]— none of it is their skill. It’s all physical play. Are you physical enough to stay in games? And in this game they were. But look, we had a different lineup.
“I was going to play Justin at the four today. And that worked out really well because now you have four guards out there with a big. That’s why I keep coming back to, we can do this all kind of different ways. We just have to have everybody ready when their opportunity comes up. Rob was good, Reed was good, Antonio was good.”