Hot tickets : crimes, championships and big time sports at the University of Kansas / H. George Frederickson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frederickson, H. George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Kansas--Basketball--History.

University of Kansas.

College sports--Corrupt practices--Kansas.

College sports.

College sports--Economic aspects--Kansas.

Theft.

Governmental investigations--United States--History.

Governmental investigations.

Sports--Economic aspects.

Sports.

Basketball.

College sports--Corrupt practices.

College sports--Economic aspects.

History.

Kansas.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 256 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Crimes, championships and big time sports at the UK

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit is an imprint of McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476677873

1476677875

OCLC:

1124787282

Publisher Number:

40029619857