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into inappropriate distribution of basketball and football tickets by former employees of Kansas Athletics last year by a Wichita law firm Foulston Siefkin and BKD, a national accounting firm. According to the report 17,609 recently, totaling a face value of at least $1.03 million.
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hopefully they'll do something to show the people who support our school that we won't let is slide."
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"Hopefully they'll do something to show the people who support our school that we won't let this slide," Reissen said.
Sedman had similar thoughts. "It can't possibly make those who donate happy to know that the seats they could be getting are being sold," she said.
Morgan Jackson, a junior from Beloit, said dealing with rivals of the University was the most annoying aspect of the scandal.
"I haven't lost faith in KU athletics," Jackson said, "But I do get heckled a lot more by my friends that are Missouri fans."
Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said the department would not give further information regarding the blackmail.
"It has been turned over to the Lawrence Police Department and there is an ongoing investigation," Marchiony said. "They have asked us not to comment and we will respect that."
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little is expected to meet with the Board of Regents and determine a course of action when she returns to the country later this month.
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Between 2008 and 2009, Kansas Athletics made $312 million, which could be why the relatively small amount of $1.03 million went unnoticed for so long.
WHAT'S IT TO US?
During the past five years, the ticket scandal that rocked the Kansas Athletics Department has cost the department $1.03 million dollars.
The investigation hasn't yielded information before 2005,but so far 17,609 men's basketball tickets and 2,181 football tickets were illegally sold.
That is enough basketball tickets to more than fill Allen Fieldhouse for one game.
But to a student, $1.03 million could:
■ Print 12,875,000 pages on campus.
■ Buy 412,000 gallons of gas (at $2.50 per gallon)
Enroll in approximately 4,200 credit hours for residential students.
Purchase 1,242
64GB iPads with 3G capability.
— Corey Thibodeaux
KANSAS ATHLETICS APRS FOR 2005-09
The Academic Progress Rate, developed by the NCAA, measures academic performances of collegiate athletic teams. An APR of 925 or more is good. Below that number, the NCAA can punish schools.
Men's Basketball
1000
Men's Cross Country
1000
Women's Cross Country
1000
Women's Golf
993
Women's Softball
988
Men's Golf
986
Women's Basketball
975
Women's Soccer
978
Women's Tennis
974
Women's Rowing
970
Women's Track, Indoor
970
Women's Swimming
969 Women's Track, Outdoor
Women's Track, Outdoor
966
Baseball
963
Women's Volleyball
961
Football
952
Men's Track, Indoor
946
Men's Track, Outdoor
944
— Corey Thibodeaux