To the editor:

When Lew Perkins cut the faculty and staff discounts for tickets to Jayhawk games, he stated that perhaps the benefit might be reinstated at some future time. The 20 percent discount had been one of the few extra benefits enjoyed by active and retired faculty and staff at KU. Some had to stop attending Jayhawk games.

Perhaps taking away the discount during the time millions of dollars in tickets were being siphoned off by members of Perkins’ staff was necessary. Presuming tickets will now be sold for the benefit of the athletic department, perhaps now is that future time when increased funds from ticket sales will allow the new AD to reinstate faculty and staff discounts, allowing more of them to enjoy Jayhawk games in person.