A pair of former University of Kentucky basketball stars said Tuesday they would like their Kentucky Hall of Fame plaques removed from the Kentucky Expo Center if no action is taken following news of Nazi and Ku Klux Klan apparel being sold at the center last weekend.

Rex Chapman, a UK standout from 1986 to 1988 who also enjoyed a 12-year career in the NBA, said on Twitter that his Hall of Fame plaque has hung in the center's Freedom Hall since 2011.

Addressing Kentucky Venues, which oversees the center, Chapman demanded the group make changes after Nazi Christmas ornaments, Confederate flags and a Ku Klux Klan robe were on display or for sale this past weekend during a gun show.

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"If you guys can’t guarantee Nazi clothing & paraphernalia won’t be sold/glamorized on the premises then I would ask that my plaque be removed from the facility," Chapman tweeted. "I want no part of hate. Thanks."

The items were sold by vendors at the National Gun Day show Saturday and Sunday, which included more than 1,600 tables featuring guns, collectibles and memorabilia from various exhibitors, according to the show flyer.

Radio analyst Mike Pratt, who played for legendary coach Adolph Rupp from 1967 to 1970, responded to Chapman's Twitter post with similar sentiment.

Pratt was honored with a Hall of Fame plaque in 2009 that also hangs in the center.

"I am with you Rex they can remove mine also ... No room for hate in my world," Pratt tweeted.

Kentucky Venues spokesman Cody Patterson said earlier Tuesday that the organization can only screen merchandise for the Kentucky State Fair, the National Farm Machinery Show and the North American International Livestock Exposition. Other events are run by show managers who lease the space.

Patterson did call the memorabilia unacceptable.

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"Kentucky Venues finds any items representing racist ideology to be despicable," Patterson said.

Patterson said the fair board would re-evaluate exhibitor policies at its next meeting on Nov. 15.

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