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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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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

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

9781476677873
1476677875
9781476637488 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019041472

OCLC

on1124787282
SCSB-9616581

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library