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(Yahoo)   Illinois fan group's planned trip to Iowa takes a surprise detour to karma   (sports.yahoo.com) divider line
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750 clicks; posted to Sports » on 02 Feb 2023 at 5:55 PM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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aleister_greynight [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 3:55:58 PM  
a move it said would end up costing them nearly $6,000 in lost travel arrangements.

Enjoy your stupid prize.
 
freddyV [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 3:59:30 PM  
Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.
 
browneye [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-02 4:09:51 PM  
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This is actually quite cool. Well done, Iowa!
 
Cajnik [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:25:22 PM  

freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.


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Cajnik [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:26:00 PM  

freddyV: The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.


The only shady shait happening now is not firing Brian Ferentz.
 
grimlock1972
2023-02-02 6:27:49 PM  
I don't know what the idiots thought was gonna happen if their ruse was caught.   No sympathy.
 
common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:56:49 PM  
tickets that the Orange Krush had legally purchased

Impersonating a charitable organization to score discount sportsball tickets is legal? Count your blessings for having gotten away with it for so long and not being prosecuted now, and have fun paying scalpers' prices from here on out, assholes.
 
Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-02-02 7:06:43 PM  
"it's not fair!  we always lie that we are a charity so we make it oh so sweeter to reveal ourselves as having infiltrated your arena!"

so they are salty that their lame shtick got found out and they got played instead

womp womp
 
pastramithemosterotic
2023-02-02 7:10:24 PM  
College sports fans are often scumbags, news at 11
 
Shotgun Justice
2023-02-02 7:11:28 PM  
I just love that the media headlines call this a "prank" instead of what it truly is:  fraud.  I wish the "Illinois Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs" that they masqueraded as would sue the privileged jerk-off that arranged this.

Charitable foundations can only exist by the goodwill that they can cultivate.  A bottom-feeding toad can ruin a good organizations hard earned respect by stupid actions like this.

The sad thing is that he will suffer no retribution, learn no lesson, and will thrive in this country's culture of lack of accountability.
 
Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-02-02 7:12:06 PM  
also not too bright to say you are a charity from the town the school is in when you are known for doing such shady things and verifying it only takes one phone call or email

i wondered if iowa figured it out right after the ticket purchase and then waited for the last minute to cancel the tickets just to fark them extra hard
 
dywed88
2023-02-02 7:14:39 PM  

freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.


How about when the the person who bought the tickets publicly admitted it?

Rauman said Thursday the group routinely uses an assumed identity to buy tickets for its annual road trip to an opponent arena. The reason, he said, is that he would expect an order from a group that cheers for the visitor and heckles the home team would be rejected.

For last year's trip to Purdue, he said, he successfully bought 50 tickets for a group of "Boy Scouts." He said he also has bought tickets for a "family reunion."
 
WoodyHayes [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:24:29 PM  
Hey, Iowa basketball talk!

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A dirty piece of shiat protecting an even bigger dirty piece of shiat, that is Iowa basketball.
 
dywed88
2023-02-02 7:47:25 PM  
I just want to add, them lying to get tickets isn't the problem I see here. If they want to say they are a group of employees from some company or a local basketball group or something, I couldn't care less.

But there are two big caveats:

1) Don't use a well known charitable organization and make the other guy think they are helping kids.
2) Don't go whining when you get caught, you took the risk and they have every right to cancel tickets obtained under false pretenses.
 
virulent_loser [BareFark]
2023-02-02 7:58:38 PM  
someone wanted to go to Iowa so badly they were willing to commit fraud? multiple someones?

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freddyV [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:59:25 PM  

dywed88: freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.

How about when the the person who bought the tickets publicly admitted it?

Rauman said Thursday the group routinely uses an assumed identity to buy tickets for its annual road trip to an opponent arena. The reason, he said, is that he would expect an order from a group that cheers for the visitor and heckles the home team would be rejected.

For last year's trip to Purdue, he said, he successfully bought 50 tickets for a group of "Boy Scouts." He said he also has bought tickets for a "family reunion."


If they are then donating money to that group, I don't see a problem with it
This group has donated millions to charity over the years
 
freddyV [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 8:01:23 PM  

Cajnik: freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.

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https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-football-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-af2b5b98ccf1250b8b4728795fb7d8f6

Yet the UofI athletic program has a problem with racism
I'd think that is more shady
 
freddyV [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 8:01:37 PM  

Cajnik: freddyV: The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.

The only shady shait happening now is not firing Brian Ferentz.


and the racism stuff
 
Random Celebrity Insult Generator [BareFark]
2023-02-02 8:06:23 PM  
for my brother's bachelor party, I bought group tickets to an MLB game using a religious affiliation discount.

we all cheered when a message appeared on the score board welcoming the 'Zen Baptists'
 
common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 8:20:28 PM  

freddyV: Cajnik: freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.

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https://apnews.com/article/college-football-sports-football-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-af2b5b98ccf1250b8b4728795fb7d8f6

Yet the UofI athletic program has a problem with racism
I'd think that is more shady


Not that you're wrong, but...

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virulent_loser [BareFark]
2023-02-02 8:28:05 PM  

Random Celebrity Insult Generator: for my brother's bachelor party, I bought group tickets to an MLB game using a religious affiliation discount.

we all cheered when a message appeared on the score board welcoming the 'Zen Baptists'


religious affiliation discount at a Big 4 game? what the actual fark?
 
Trainspotr
2023-02-02 9:05:13 PM  

Random Celebrity Insult Generator: for my brother's bachelor party, I bought group tickets to an MLB game using a religious affiliation discount.

we all cheered when a message appeared on the score board welcoming the 'Zen Baptists'


Based on projected beer sales alone, a bachelor party might have gotten lower rates than a religious group.
 
Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-02-02 9:06:09 PM  

virulent_loser: Random Celebrity Insult Generator: for my brother's bachelor party, I bought group tickets to an MLB game using a religious affiliation discount.

we all cheered when a message appeared on the score board welcoming the 'Zen Baptists'

religious affiliation discount at a Big 4 game? what the actual fark?


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big 4, serious business
 
Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-02-02 9:11:00 PM  

Trainspotr: Random Celebrity Insult Generator: for my brother's bachelor party, I bought group tickets to an MLB game using a religious affiliation discount.

we all cheered when a message appeared on the score board welcoming the 'Zen Baptists'

Based on projected beer sales alone, a bachelor party might have gotten lower rates than a religious group.


just make up a religion that does sacramental shots every inning to praise the deity
 
johnny_vegas [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 11:35:38 PM  

freddyV: Until some other school says the group has done this before...I will believe the group

The Hoks have pulled some shady shiat in the past decade or so.


Farkers will farking white knight anything.
 
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