Alex Kain

Former man about town. Power to the people. #BBN

[Alex Kain @akain]

@DReeves96 This was really fun thanks!

[Alex Kain @akain]

@bigbluegoose Honestly this is probably funnier

[Amelia 🇺🇸 @amelia_tweetz]

Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.

[Alex Kain @akain]

@DrewFranklinKSR Wow @BillyRsports completely disrespecting the “no outside food or drink” policy. Danny Collins might throw him out.

[Alex Kain @akain]

This is basically how I feel. Really sad that this is where we are as a country.

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

Trump looting almost $2 billion from the government coffers to pay his supporters is one of the largest scandals in US history.

But our press is so beaten down and the public has become so fatigued by his constant criminality that it's barely a news story.

[Alex Kain @akain]

@CoachPsteve If it means putting in more mediocre power conference teams that finish with 15 losses, then it’s a bad thing. It should be difficult to make the tourney. Teams shouldn’t be able to skate by and make it.

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@KySportsRadio

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@CoachMarkPope Please for the love of BBN do not bring in an injury plagued PG.

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@MrsTylerKSR It’s the 20:1 ratio. If they aren’t getting 20 positive replies to every negative one, then it fosters resentment and/or depression.

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@SportsCenter @danorlovsky7 @CoachFields01 this is pretty awesome

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@GetUpESPN @RealJayWilliams @SethOnHoops @grok I do not follow this account, however I am seeing this post in my Following feed. There is no designation that this post is an ad. Why am I seeing this post?

[Alex Kain @akain]

Kids who have been told that they are failures or can’t make a good living without a bachelor’s degree. It would do so much good to trim the fat from UK and fix a very broken system.

[Alex Kain @akain]

No idea who runs this account, but I think they make a lot of great points about the issues I have had for a decade with the business model of “higher education”. UK funds so many unnecessary jobs and bloated salaries for a PUBLIC school on the backs of tuition from kids.

[UKY_DOGE @DogeUky68114]

The University of Kentucky has drifted from its original Morrill Act mandate—to educate the industrial classes for the public good—into a self-perpetuating "degree mill" that prioritizes institutional expansion over the state’s actual economic needs. Senator Morrill’s vision was to create institutions to teach “agriculture and the mechanic arts” in order to “promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.” Instead, under the leadership of Eric Monday and a Board of Trustees led by E. Britt Brockman, UK’s budget has ballooned to $8.6B for FY 2026, representing an unprecedented 2.83% of Kentucky’s GDP. This 69% budget growth since 2021 far outpaces the state's 28% economic growth, creating a "Recirculating Degree Economy" that serves the institution rather than the workforce.

The administration has exploited its influence, housing the Center for Business and Economic Research to provide self-serving economic modeling funded by general funds. While UK leadership aggressively pursues "Top 20" status and record enrollments in business and healthcare, they ignore a looming national trade emergency. State funding is being funneled into this academic machine instead of KCTCS and other technical colleges that produce the skilled trades—such as electricians and machinists—essential for attracting manufacturing and infrastructure investment.

Furthermore, UK’s fiscal strategy under Eric Monday is characterized by recklessness and a "Dunning-Kruger" mentality. The administration utilizes capital bonds as a "personal piggybank" and relies on outsourcing contracts with entities like Greystar and Aramark. This creates a predatory dichotomy: the university celebrates record graduation rates for the "knowledge economy" while simultaneously stripping its own essential workers of benefits and institutional protections through third-party management or transition to Beyond Blue LLC roles.

Ultimately, the university has become a bloated bureaucracy of "golden parachutes" and administrative layers that underperforms compared to its peers in critical sectors like AI, healthcare technology, research technology, and NIL. By prioritizing high-salary roles over the land-grant mission, UK is failing to provide the upward mobility it claims to champion. This failure is underscored by the United Campus Workers' petition for fair wages and job security, highlighting that the institution has structured its operations to deny mobility to those maintaining its campus operations. To bridge this gap, UK must abandon Monday and his model of installing non-expert administrators and instead recruit industry-leading experts capable of driving the innovation necessary to finally catch up to its peers.

Expect more commentary in the coming days and weeks exposing these issues—similar to the recent Athletics NIL —including upcoming posts regarding Kroeger field entertainment district, UK Innovation and the CATS AI (Commonwealth AI Transdisciplinary Strategy) initiative.*

*All information provided is obtained through public sources by someone who Bleeds Blue and hates what our flagship institution is doing to the Commonwealth.

#FireEricMonday

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@MarioMaitland_3 @KySportsRadio Matt lasted a full Rick Pitino

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@ShannonTheDude To me this is like electric cars: everyone will want them when they can fully charge them in 15 minutes or less at a charging station. Everyone will want this when the calls are all done instantly by ABS.

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@BRamseyKSR I need you to analyze that last possession for Auburn and try to convince me Garrison didn’t just give up when to me he should have gotten the rebound.

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@MrsTylerKSR @CoachPsteve does this surprise you?

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@AP @HLCityhall

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@RepAndyBarr @pedrobrodrigue7 @DailySignal I’m so disappointed that this is how you feel after these unnecessary and disturbing murders committed by government agents. Praying that God will get through to you to see that what is happening here is not okay and that we need restrictions on ICE.

[Alex Kain @akain]

@HLCityhall New Circle was awful this morning. The city had so much time to prepare and is still dropping the ball. Really sad and creating dangerous conditions for people who have to drive for work today.