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The only thing bigger than Anthony Davis’ wingspan? Anthony Davis’ wingspan on a billboard outside the Superdome in New Orleans.
H/t to UK sports info
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March 8th, 2012 at 11:14 am
That is the prettiest billboard I have ever seen!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:14 am
I wonder how much you could get for that on ebay?
March 8th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Blue Orleans. Luv it.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:18 am
2.. LOL!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Thanks for the shout out, a link is always nice…..http://www.uksportsinfo.com
March 8th, 2012 at 11:20 am
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank/_/listId/1611/versionId/1
get to work UK fans. Dont list Thomas Robinson.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:21 am
Awesome!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:21 am
I want a copy of that!!!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:23 am
Who would’ve paid for it? UK? The SEC?
March 8th, 2012 at 11:24 am
Why Kentucky will win it all on The Sports Dump. http://thesportsdump.com/2012/03/02/why-kentucky-will-win-it-all/
March 8th, 2012 at 11:27 am
http://www.ebay.com/auction/anthonydavisbillboard
I just bid $1,500! Think I’m gonna get it! hmm, will it fit in my F-150?
March 8th, 2012 at 11:31 am
And to think that he gets NOTHING for this. It’s a shame.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:33 am
I hope that a fan bought that. It would make it unbelievable!!!!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:35 am
I just spit coffee all over my computer monitor. This is amazing. Where can I contribute to have more of these put up around the country? Louisville could use a few.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Amazing. I wanna know who paid for that.. and how we can get one in Lexington!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:44 am
6- MKG currently 2nd. (AD 1st)
March 8th, 2012 at 11:45 am
Please tell me another way to watch tournament other than sec network. I live in owensboro ky and the SEC channel is horrible. Is there another way to watch games? stream or pay per view?
March 8th, 2012 at 11:46 am
Finally, a life size poster of Anthony Davis!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Those are some huge balls
March 8th, 2012 at 11:51 am
17. The UK game is on ESPNU on Friday.
March 8th, 2012 at 11:58 am
LOVE! We need one here in Louisville… close to U of L or the YUM Center!
Go CATS!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:58 am
Bow to the Brow New Orleans!
March 8th, 2012 at 11:59 am
I’m certain that’s an NCAA violation, and the Cats will be forced to vacate this year’s championship
March 8th, 2012 at 11:59 am
That is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Damn, I should be there.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
POW!!!!!!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
That’s WHATSUP. Brow down
March 8th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
BLUE DAT!!!!!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Some people are questioning if this is real or fake. Drew from UK Sports Info works for an ad agency in Lexington and helped negotiate the space. Here’s his Tweet, “Drew K. Johnson @drewuksportsinf
Seriously. I negotiated the space. I had the CBS Outdoor rep in NOLA literally text it to me minutes after it was up. Can’t get more real.”
March 8th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I want to see this picture cover a side of the 5/3 bank building in Lexington. This is amazing Blue Orleans!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Thats Awesome! #BBN #WeAreUK #AllCatsEverything
March 8th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
I hope this isn’t a ncaa violation. I’m sure some scumbag sports reporter will try to dig into it.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Did they book it through April 3?
March 8th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
PHOTOSHOP!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Tyler is that real? It has no advertising, who could have paid for it? Cool pic though, I hope it’s real :p
March 8th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
12) he will get alot for this, just not right now.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
That is an NCAA violation.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Drew works for Cornett IMS om main street in lex. It’s real. And it is not a violation. You people are idiots.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
how is this an ncaa violation? Not seeing how it could be.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/rank/_/listId/1611/versionId/1
Keep voting! Make sure you do 1. AD 2. MKG 3. Isaiah Canaan 15. Thomas Robinson!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Cornett markets for UK, keeneland, buffalo trace, bhg and many others. It is NO violation.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Nice.
Someone photoshop Ant blocking all those balls.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
How in the world could this be an NCAA violation? And we should all send in a few bucks to KSR to get this put up all over LVL. (And send in a few bucks for all the great free work you guys do, too!)
March 8th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
37. Your a freaking moron. It’s a violation the same way selling a poster on Ebay is a violation, only it’s much worse because it’s out there in public for the world to see. Also Cornett either stole the image from UK or UK gave them permission to use the image and they in turn payed the owner of the Billboard, so large amounts of money was made off using the likeness of an NCAA student athlete.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
But don’t worry Cornett you just earned alot of new customers here in Louisville by ruining UK’s season!
March 8th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
43. So, what about all those other UK billboards here in Louisville with the football athletes on them? Those violations as well?
March 8th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
43-It isn’t a violation because it isn’t promoting an athlete. No where does it say his name or show his jersey number. It’s no different than painting U of L on those stupid grain silos.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Well a school promoting their athletes for purposes of promoting their school is quite different than a business making money off a student athlete. You guys really are all retarded I think.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
43.) No one made money off of his image moron!!!! The billboard owner only sold the space not AD’s likeness. Somebody sold the space, so this guy could put anything he wanted on it. The owner was not selling the “AD poster billboard”, just the space. Now if the billboard advertised something using his picture then that would be a different story. This guy just put up the space to support his team, not gain anything from it. So quit ranting at people if you have not thought through your statements.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
47.) I hate you
March 8th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
47. Making money off the athlete? There is no advertisement!!! It is just a picture!!! God, it really is true that you can’t argue with a Tard fan. Take your “victory” over Seton Hall and celebrate, because it sure isn’t lasting long. #L1C4
March 8th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Hey Richard, can you please direct us to the specific NCAA rule that this violates, not just your personal opinion? That way all of us “retards” can be on the same page as the expert you are trying to appear to be.
March 8th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
47. What business is making money off of this? This is essentially a UK promotion for AD’s Player of the Year Campaign. Similar to schools putting up huge billboards in Times Square promoting a football player’s Heisman Campaign (ex. Oregon and Joey Harrington a few years back).
March 8th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Richard, it’s spelled “You’re a moron.” Only a moron “Your a moron.”
March 8th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
For the last time you retards, UofK is not the ones promoting Davis on this billboard so it’s not similar in any way to those other football examples you keep bringing up.
The owner of the billboard is making money on Davis because some moron payed them to put his picture up. It doesn’t matter if it is direct or indirect the out some is the same.
NCAA rules (Bylaw 12.5.2.2) is what this billboard violates. But that’s ok UK fans, I am sure you can spin it in whatever way you want to.
Looks like Louisville just picked up another win since UK will have to vacate this season. Hahaha.
March 8th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
I knew Richard was a UofL fan as soon as he wrote UofK in the last post. We are UK.
Hey Richard, it is pathetic that this is all you have to say right now. Hahaha sums up the Cards year and your outlook for years to come. Enjoy football because you are no longer a relevant basketball program.
March 8th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
No commercial product is being advertised. If anything, AD and/or UK would be required only to ask this company to remove his likeness in order to retain eligibility. It does not affect previous eligibility, so no current wins would be vacated. One could make the argument that it is a congratulatory advertisement, according to 12.5.1.4. Also, since it is above the SuperDome, it could be an SEC tournament advertisement, which is permissible under 12.5.1.8. The main point is that AD probably did not know of this, and that no commercial product or even company is being advertised. I don’t know what this billboard wants me to buy.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Lets stop feeding the troll. Obviously it is hungry seeing its pride has obviously taken a hit this season.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
@55 He could just be older…I’m not that old but I remember people saying U of K all of the time when I was younger. Lot’s of older folks still say U of K. My grandparents say it a lot.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Richard or Dick, whatever…You are a typical UofL lower life form. Its a violation if someone is earning money off of the likeness of an NCAA athlete while he is still in school. That is why you cannot sell free merchandise on eBay if it shows the athlete. This is simply a promotional billboard just like those God-awful “L Yeah” billboards.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Somewhere in the Big Easy Jerry Tipton is at a Wal/Mart getting some .35mm film developed so he can send pics of that billboard to the NCAA Offices via Pony Express.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
54.) He is not making money off of Anthony, he is making it off of the rental space. He could put a picture of Rick Pitino nailing sypher for all the ncaa cares.
March 8th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Richard = pathetic UL troll who is reduced to getting on his knees every night and praying that UK and Cal will get busted for some NCAA violation, since that is the only hope he has of seeing his team have a chance against the Cats for years to come…
March 8th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
This is asking for the NCAA to look into this. Why!?!! Do this!!
March 8th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
If anything it’s an advertisement for an NCAA Sanctioned Event which the NCAA does itself every time they show highlights in a commercial promoting March Madness. No violations at all
March 8th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Except in the commercials case, the NCAA are the ones making money off of the athletes, which is much much worse than anything here
March 8th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
54.) Its no more of a violation than those UL billboards with Justice on them that were plastered all over Eastern Kentucky.
March 8th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I’m calling shenanigans on this one…. I’m in NOLA, and this board is no where to be found. What’s the address?
March 9th, 2012 at 10:38 am
The billboard red-iron construction looks like some of the ones located around New Orleans Arena. Either next to I-10 or on the expressway coming off of the Crescent City Connection Bridge. Hope it’s real and not a violation.