To the editor:

The Journal-World has often referred to “season ticket holders who had fallen behind in their payments to the Williams Fund.” I presume the spin doctors who invented that bogus line are not of the Journal-World, but rather from the Williams Fund or the chancellor’s office.

I cannot speak for the others, but in our case, the mere fact that we made the mistake of making a one-time contribution in no way makes us liable for future gifts, either by contract or otherwise. Neither are we able to find anywhere in our purchase of basketball tickets over the past 40-plus years at ever-escalating prices to fund other activities, any commitment to contribute beyond the purchase price of the tickets.

Please refrain from referring to us as “falling behind in our contributions.” It just ain’t so!

Further, if the “contributions” are a requirement to obtain or to keep our tickets, as has been made so abundantly clear, those “contributions” are neither a gift nor tax-deductible, but rather are a part of the purchase price of the tickets.

I am formally requesting the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the matter. I firmly believe that the IRS should audit anyone who claims such a deduction, regardless of whether it is from a personal return or claimed as a business expense.

Lawrence Bodle,

Lawrence