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Football seating to be based on points
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Now, it's football's turn. Kansas University Athletic Director Lew Perkins last week sent letters to several thousand football fans, reminding them that next season's seating at Memorial Stadium will be based on the priority point system used to distribute this year's men's basketball season tickets.

6Sports video: Point system coming for football ticket holders
Thursday, February 3, 2005
After starting with Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas University will now institute a point system for football season ticket holders.

6Sports video: Faculty upset with view at Allen Fieldhouse
Saturday, November 13, 2004
When the Kansas University Athletic Department implemented the new point system this year, KU faculty was able to negotiate for better seats at Allen Fieldhouse. The negotiations put faculty behind the students. But neither faculty nor athletic officials foresaw the problem with students standing during games.

Students' fervor, faculty's view at odds at games
Friday, November 12, 2004
David Guth didn't see much basketball Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse. "I was right behind a very lovely coed wearing J.Lo jeans," Guth said. "The reason I know that was that was about all I could see."

Hoops tickets almost in the mail
Thursday, October 21, 2004
In years past, Kansas University men's basketball season tickets were in the mail by the second or third week of October. Not this year.

Extra tickets available
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Kansas University athletic department officials are making between 250 and 300 men's basketball season tickets available to first-time donors to the Williams Fund.

KU students endure wait for tickets
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Dealing for the first time with a new system for dispensing precious Kansas University men's basketball tickets, thousands of students lined up Monday outside Allen Fieldhouse for their shot to see the first five home games.

6Sports video: Student ticket holders may have to participate in lottery
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
The Athletic Department has oversold the Allen Fieldhouse student section by about 3,800 tickets.

Despite controversy, season-ticket sales soar
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Controversy surrounding Kansas University's priority point system hasn't dampened demand for men's basketball season-ticket sales.

6News video: KU ticket holders have one week left for donations
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The deadline is approaching for those who hold KU men's basketball season tickets and want to donate more in order to gain better seats.

KU basketball renewal forms nearly ready for faculty, staff
Wednesday, August 4, 2004
A committee overseeing the distribution of men's basketball season tickets for Kansas University faculty, staff and retirees is scheduled to meet with athletic department officials today to clear up a misunderstanding about ticket packages.

Millions roll in for KU hoops tickets
Saturday, July 10, 2004
Hundreds of Kansas University basketball fans eager for season tickets have responded to the athletic department's one-time offer to reward those who contribute money by June 30. "We don't have an exact number yet, but it looks like we've raised somewhere between $5 million and $7 million since the middle of May, when we sent the forms out," said associate athletic director Jim Marchiony.

Mayer: New fieldhouse seating should promote heavy gawking
Saturday, July 3, 2004
Early basketball games at Kansas University the coming season will have a Motion Picture Academy Awards atmosphere.

KU pledge forms mailed
Saturday, July 3, 2004
Fund Drive 2005 pledge forms have been mailed this week to all current Kansas University athletic department donors and season-ticket holders.

Programs help fans score seating points
Monday, June 21, 2004
Need points? Kansas University's Spencer Research Library has 'em. They're in old football programs lodged at the university's archive.

Mayer: KU's Self has stayed above fray
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Bill Self is a smooth, intelligent operator, far beyond being able to coach basketball darn well and recruit top-flight talent for Kansas University. He's also doing a marvelous balancing act to keep the focus on a gleaming Jayhawk future despite the furor over ticket assignments for Allen Fieldhouse.

Displaced fans aim pointed criticism at KU
Monday, June 7, 2004
Jackie Kennedy has fallen out of love with Kansas University. "My husband played football for KU. He coached golf at KU for three years; he did it for free because they didn't have any money. Our two sons went to KU. I have a daughter-in-law who went to KU, and I have a grandson at KU now," she said. "I have another grandson who's thinking about coming to KU, but I'm discouraging him.

Mayer: Points fail longtime KU fans
Monday, June 7, 2004
"Don't want to hear what you did the previous 29 years ... what have you done for us lately (since 1984)?" That's how some 20 or 25 devoted Jayhawk loyalists I've talked to feel about the new point system for assigning athletic seating at Kansas University. Like it or lump it, it's pretty much set in stone. It's unfortunate it's painful for so many.

Fans' ticket questions pointed
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Kansas University athletic department officials spent much of Tuesday morning quelling the fears of professors and university retirees who thought the department's switch to a priority point system had put their men's basketball season tickets in jeopardy.

6Sports video: KU officials try to clear questions about tickets
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
The new point distribution system for men's basketball tickets has long-time fans asking questions, and Kansas University officials are holding a series of meetings to address them.

KU unveils fieldhouse seating results
Friday, May 28, 2004
Kansas University Athletic Department officials Thursday sent informational packets to more than 7,200 donors and season-ticket holders explaining men's basketball seating arrangements in Allen Fieldhouse under a new point system.

District judge dismisses seating suit against KU
Saturday, May 22, 2004
A lawsuit that challenged Kansas University's right to base the purchase of seating on donations has been dismissed in Douglas County District Court.

KU makes 'win-win' swap for tickets
Friday, April 30, 2004
Kansas University students and athletic department officials have brokered a three-way deal that's expected to raise the noise level next season in Allen Fieldhouse.

Ticket holders to get 1st look at points
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Men's basketball season-ticket holders soon will get their first idea of how a point system will affect their seating in Allen Fieldhouse.

Mayer: Fieldhouse seating plan will break up old friends
Saturday, March 6, 2004
Sadly, all good things end, no matter how we'd like them to be blessed with perpetuity. Thus it was inevitable, I suppose, that so many longtime Allen Fieldhouse "families" would be broken up by a new fund-raising policy involving points, patronage and preference. When Kansas closed out its home basketball slate Wednesday, an awful lot of devoted, dead-loyal fans left the old barn unsure how they'd be fitted in next season. There will be a new policy for ticket assignment, they know.

For one last time, KU fans cheer from long-held seats
Thursday, March 4, 2004
The band didn't play "Auld Lang Syne" Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse, but some longtime Kansas University men's basketball season-ticket holders were feeling unusually nostalgic anyway. For many fans, such as Scottie Lingelbach, it probably was the last time they would sit in the same fieldhouse seats that they have had for years.

KUAC approves ticket points plan
Saturday, February 28, 2004
It's all but a done deal.

Judge considering ticket suit
Saturday, February 28, 2004
A legal spat over a Kansas University athletic department decision last year to make nondonors pay $5,000 to hold on to their men's basketball season tickets isn't over.

Scalped
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
It's a cold night outside Allen Fieldhouse, and a man dressed in a heavy black coat is flashing a handful of brightly colored basketball tickets to the throngs of passers-by. "Tickets ... anybody need tickets?" he says. "Tickets ... anybody got tickets?"

University Council backs changes to KU hoops ticket plan
Friday, February 13, 2004
Kansas University's University Council on Thursday endorsed SenEx-proposed changes in how next year's supply of men's basketball season tickets will be distributed among faculty, staff and retirees.

Faculty ticket plan ready for University Council
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Kansas University's faculty executive committee on Tuesday came up with a plan for deciding how next year's supply of men's basketball season tickets would be distributed among faculty, staff and retirees.

Ticket plan to face athletic board review
Saturday, February 7, 2004
The board that represents staff, alumni and students in overseeing Kansas University athletics will have a voice in how men's basketball season tickets are allocated next year -- reversing the stance taken last month by KU's athletic director. KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Friday he had asked athletic director Lew Perkins to seek the input of the Kansas University Athletic Corp. board before bringing the plan to his office for approval.

KU committee nears ticket plan resolution
Wednesday, February 4, 2004
Kansas University officials came within one question Tuesday of deciding how to distribute next year's supply of men's basketball season tickets among faculty, staff and retirees.

Mayer: All KU minds needed to solve athletics mess
Sunday, February 1, 2004
The late Franklin Murphy said often as Kansas University chancellor that being head of a major school would be far easier if there were no medical school or athletic department to deal with.

Panel tweaks ticket plan
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
A point system to allocating Kansas University men's basketball season tickets continues to be fine-tuned, but athletic director Lew Perkins concedes that at some point money will displace loyalty.

KU ticket plan to bypass board
Saturday, January 24, 2004
The once-powerful Kansas University Athletic Corp. won't have much say in putting together the "priority point system" for divvying up next year's men's basketball season tickets. Instead, KU Athletic Director Lew Perkins will present the plan directly to Chancellor Robert Hemenway.

KU releases draft season-ticket plan
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Kansas University's athletic department on Friday released a preliminary draft of a point-based formula for distributing next season's supply of men's basketball season tickets.

Faculty basketball fans face lottery
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
There's a new wrinkle in the debate about how to distribute next year's supply of Kansas University men's basketball season tickets that are set aside for faculty, staff and retirees.

Loophole applies to season tickets
Monday, December 8, 2003
If you donate to a charity and the charity gives you something in return -- say, a Kansas University men's basketball season ticket -- Lawrence Bodle says your donation shouldn't be tax-deductible.

6News video: KU Athletic Corp. updated on ticket situation
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Just before the start of men's basketball, the KU Athletic Corp. was given an update on the controversy surrounding the ticket distribution system for Jayhawks games.

Perkins: Ticket situation 'a mess'
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Kansas University's system for distributing season tickets to athletic events is in disarray, athletic director Lew Perkins said Friday. "We're going to have to look at everything," Perkins told a meeting of the KU Athletic Corp. board.

KU Senate panel OKs basketball ticket lottery
Friday, November 21, 2003
Hoping to increase faculty and staff access to men's basketball season tickets, Kansas University's Senate Executive Committee on Thursday tentatively backed a plan to distribute at least 200 tickets next year via lottery.

Mayer: Ticket fiascos nothing new
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Remember that old bit that folks who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it? There can be other versions. My thinking, considering how a lot of folks feel right now, is that The Suits in and around Kansas University's Allen Fieldhouse would do well to study the past carefully -- then try like hell to repeat a lot of it from a public-relations standpoint.

Faculty basketball ticket plan in works
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
An additional 219 men's basketball season tickets will be made available to Kansas University faculty and staff next year, but longtime ticket holders won't be able to buy as many tickets as they could in the past under a plan given tentative approval Tuesday.

Allen family could lose seats in namesake fieldhouse
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
This might be Milton "Mick" Allen Jr.'s last year as a Kansas University men's basketball season ticket holder. "I can't say for sure, but there's a possibility that we'll either lose or have to give up our tickets -- tickets that have been in our family since 1955," he said. Should Allen opt to stay home, a hunk of Jayhawk tradition will be there with him.

More turnover planned for best seats in house
Monday, November 10, 2003
Bill Hutton and his wife, Lisa Lugar, won't be table hosts at the Kansas University Alumni Association's fancy Rock Chalk Ball fund-raiser next year in Overland Park.

Text of Perkins' letter to Kansas University athletic donors
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Thank you for your support of coaches and student-athletes at the University of Kansas. As the new athletic director, I am proud to be at KU and look forward to building all of our teams to the level of competition as that of our men's basketball team.

Perkins puts spurs to change
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
In case you hadn't noticed, there's a new sheriff in town. His name is Lew Perkins, and the long arm of his law has reached into nearly every corner of Kansas University athletics. In the two months Perkins has been KU's athletic director, he has sent clear messages he would not tread water as he actively pursued new methods to enhance revenue.

6Sports video: Options for ticket holders being considered
Saturday, August 30, 2003
KU's new AD Lew Perkins is looking at several options while reviewing ticket policy.

KU's Perkins eyeing priority seating plan
Friday, August 29, 2003
Lew Perkins hopes to turn Kansas University men's basketball revenue from a cash cow into a cash herd as soon as possible. Perkins, who took over as KU's athletic director July 7, confirmed Thursday he planned to generate millions of dollars in additional revenue by implementing a priority seating plan for Allen Fieldhouse, starting with the 2004-05 season.

Mayer: Pay to wait? Jets tap new revenue source
Sunday, August 24, 2003
If they haven't thought about it by now, athletic entities such as football's Green Bay Packers, Nebraska and Oklahoma universities and other popular programs such as Kansas University basketball might be pondering such a caper.

6Sports video: Perkins digs in to revenue discussion
Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Lew Perkins gets to work in his first week as KU's athletic director by discussing KU's new ticket policy.

KU fans must pay $5,000 to keep their seats
Saturday, June 7, 2003
Nobody loves Jayhawk basketball more than 77-year-old Beverly Black. Need proof? When her first husband, Edgar Rogge, died of cancer in 1978 and his life insurance paid her $10,000, she gave $2,000 to the Kansas University athletic department.

Hoop ticket prices raised
Saturday, May 3, 2003
Ticket prices for Kansas University men's home basketball games are going up, but not in the traditional blanket fashion.

6News video: Students get reserved seating
Saturday, October 12, 2002
6News reports on the reserved seating that will be available to KU students in Allen Field House.

Student seating plan tweaked
Friday, October 11, 2002
Kansas University's athletic department has modified the student/general admission-seating plan for men's basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse.

New seating plan not in works for Allen Fieldhouse
Sunday, July 21, 2002
Kansas University mailed its men's basketball ticket re-order forms to customers the week of July 4th. To the relief of many KU season-ticket holders, no fireworks were stuffed into the envelopes.

KUAC to consider changing basketball seating
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Peter Gogol knows Allen Fieldhouse is a difficult place for Kansas University basketball opponents to play. But he wants to make it tougher. "As cheesy as it sounds, I want to make Allen Fieldhouse all that it can be and make it as intense an environment as it can be for opposing teams by bringing some of the rowdier fans ? the students ? closer to the players," he said.

Chancellor tries to allay fears over donor-seating plan
Wednesday, May 30, 2001
A proposed donor-based seating plan for Kansas University men's basketball games in Allen Fieldhouse is not on the immediate horizon. Chancellor Robert Hemenway issued a statement Tuesday to allay fears the proposed plan would be implemented for the 2001-02 season.

6Sports report: donor seating on hold
Wednesday, May 30, 2001
Kevin Romary reports on the latest on the proposed donor seating plan for Allen Fieldhouse. According to Chancellor Robert Hemenway, the final decision will be left up to the new Athletics Director.