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Hot tickets : crimes, championships and big time sports at the University of Kansas
- Title
- Hot tickets : crimes, championships and big time sports at the University of Kansas / H. George Frederickson.
- Author
- Frederickson, H. George
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit is an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- viii, 256 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 2010, University of Kansas officials were shocked to learn that the FBI and IRS were on campus investigating Rodney Jones, former head of the Athletics Ticket Office, for stealing Jayhawks basketball tickets and selling them to brokers. Investigators found that for more than five years Jones and a small ring of university officials had conspired to loot the university of $2 million in tickets, reselling them for $3-$5 million. In what was perhaps the biggest scandal in college sports history, all seven members of the "Kansas Ticket Gang" plead guilty to RICO Act indictments. Five went to prison-two were given probation for turning state's evidence"--
- Alternative Title
- Crimes, championships and big time sports at the UK
- Subject
- University of Kansas > Basketball > History
- University of Kansas
- College sports > Corrupt practices > Kansas
- College sports > Economic aspects > Kansas
- Theft
- Governmental investigations > United States > History
- Sports > Economic aspects
- Basketball
- College sports > Corrupt practices
- College sports > Economic aspects
- Governmental investigations
- Kansas
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-2212
- ISBN
- 9781476677873
- 1476677875
- 9781476637488 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019041472
- 40029619857
- OCLC
- 1124787282
- Author
- Frederickson, H. George, author.
- Title
- Hot tickets : crimes, championships and big time sports at the University of Kansas / H. George Frederickson.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit is an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029619857
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-2212