A University of Kentucky men's basketball fan claims in a lawsuit that the athletic department and its fundraising arm violated previous season-ticket policies by basing the new process on money donated.
As reported by on3.com and Kentucky Sports Radio, John Meyers filed his complaint in Franklin County Court. A hearing date has been set Mar. 20.
Meyers says he inherited his season tickets through his parents, who got them from his grandparents.
“As a condition of obtaining premium season tickets for various varsity sports, K Fund solicits capital contributions over and above the price of the tickets from its season ticketholders. For lower arena or floor seating for UK men’s basketball games, K Fund charges is season ticketholders steep premiums on their capital contributions; however, capital contributions to K Fund are even required to secure upper arena seating,” the complaint reads, in part.
According to on3's Andrew Graham, the intro also lays out how Meyers’ grandfather was a lifelong Wildcat, playing basketball for Kentucky in the late 1900s before chairing the mathematics and astronomy departments and also coaching the varsity tennis team. Along with that, it also explains that Meyers’ uncle, John DeMoisey, earned All-American status in 1931 and 1934 while playing men’s basketball for the Wildcats.
