West Kentucky gets no love, thanks to NCAA

Yesterday, while reading the press release about Cal's basketball camps for youngsters, I couldn't help but notice right away that none of this year's locations were on the western end of our great state.

As most of you probably know, BBNR is based out of Carlisle County, which is as far west as you can go without falling into the Mississippi River. However, I'm so used to the west side getting left out of everything that I didn't even bother to make mention of it last night. I mean, we know we're Kentuckians down here, and we know we love our Big Blue just as much (or more) than some of our brethren in the central and eastern portions of the state, even if no one else does.

However, because we are based in the western end of the state means we have a large portion of our readership from that same area, and many of you weren't as forgiving as I was last night. I've heard alot of complaints about the fact that western Kentucky was left out of the camp tour, and how it was just another example of how UK never does anything for the fans down here.

So, in the interest of keeping the peace (and reminding you that its not a horribly long drive to Elizabethtown if you're just dying to dress up like a child and sneak into a camp just to be close to Cal and the staff) please know this isn't UK or Cal's fault. It's the NCAA's, a common enemy we can all hate.

Apparently, they have a rule that says schools cannot hold a camp like this any further than 100 miles away from their main campus. Clearly, Kentucky branched out in all directions as much as possible, but were honestly limited to how far they could go.

So, with that in mind, lets just say we still love our Cats down here, and we forgive them for not breaking the NCAA rules on our behalf.

More later...