Recently, the university issued an apology for trying to cover up that some 75 family members and friends had their trips to New Orleans paid for by the athletic department.
Now comes the revelation that UH was left holding 1,035 unused tickets, costing the athletic department $129,375.
Naturally, folks are putting the blame for this latest snafu on departed athletic director Herman Frazier, who was fired shortly after June Jones bailed to become the coach at SMU.
Jones, by the way, has so far refused to pay a $400,000 buyout that was in his UH contract.
Frazier underestimated demand for game tickets and agreed to accept only 13,500 of UH's initial allotment of 17,500. The remaining 4,000 tickets were offered to Georgia fans.
Frazier's didn't want to be on the hook for unsold tickets. Under intense public pressure, Frazier secured another 1,866 tickets to accommodate outraged fans. But only slight more than 800 of those tickets were sold.
The revisionist history is that the tickets became available too late for fans to travel to during the busy holiday season. The truth is that Frazier's concern that UH would be left holding a bunch of tickets proved to be correct.
You can blame Frazier for a lot of things. But this isn't one of them.
BOUND FOR BEIJING: Former Hawaii star Clay Stanley is bound for China as a member of the U.S. Olympic men's volleyball team.
This will be the second Olympics for the Kaiser High graduate. His father, Jon, also competed for the U.S. in the 1968 Olympics, making them the first father-son duo in USA Olympic volleyball history.
Earlier this year, Clay was named the top server at the regional Olympic qualifier. He finished the qualifier as the top U.S. scorer with 49 points on 33 kills, 10 aces and six blocks.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Clay led the team and finished fifth overall in scoring with 110 points on 83 kills, 17 aces and 10 blocks.
Another pair of former UH player, libero Alfee Reft and middle blocker Delano Thomas, were on the 19-player qualifying roster but failed to make the final 12-man cut.
Several other volleyball players with Hawaii roots are candidates to receive invitations to play for the US women's team in Beijing.
They are setters Robyn Ah Mow-Santos and Lindsey Berg, middle blocker Heather Bown and outside hitter Kim Willoughby.
Also headed for Beijing is former UH soccer standout Natasha Kai. She has been the leading scorer this year for a US women's team that has compiled a 20-0-1 record going into tonight's exhibition match against Brazil in San Diego.
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