The University of Kentucky announced plans this week for a summer renovation project to the Wildcat Coal Lodge, the home of UK’s basketball team and Jonny David.

While the university believes these renovations are necessary in order to ensure the best possible one-year living situation for the basketball team, the plans have come under scrutiny because of a controversial construction technique. That technique involves removing the rooftop of the lodge in order to extract any debris from the initial demolition.

“We feel that removing the rooftop is the most efficient way to complete these renovations,” said Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart. “Otherwise we’d have to just carry stuff up and down the stairs.”

Opponents of rooftop removal argue that the technique has less to do with construction efficiency and more to do with creating an easier way for the basketball team to enter and exit the facility. The removal of the rooftop would allow for the team’s 7-footers to be dropped directly into their rooms without having to duck under any door frames. The proposed renovations would also include a conveyor belt that would run directly from the top of the lodge to Rupp Arena, allowing for the extraction of the state’s most valuable economic resource, the basketball team.

Despite the controversy, the university intends to move forward with the renovations sometime this summer. When asked if the renovations would require the Coal Lodge to lose power at any point during the construction, a spokesman for the university assured us that would not be the case.

“There’s no need to worry,” he said. “Coal keeps the lights on.”