H. George Frederickson

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Crimes, Championships and Big Time Sports at the University of Kansas

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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 pleaded guilty to RICO Act indictments. Five went to prison--two were given probation for turning state's… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-4766-7787-3
EAN: 9781476677873
Produktnummer: 30988481
Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm
Abbildungen: 20 photographs
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

H. George Frederickson is the Edwin O. Stone distinguished professor of public administration at the University of Kansas, president emeritus of Eastern Washington University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.