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Wife of Kansas State band director says he received threats from 'Internet mob'

In a diatribe that has since been deleted from Facebook, the wife of Kansas State University’s band director lashed out Tuesday against what she claims is an “Internet mob” that has threatened her husband’s safety and livelihood.

Geralyn Tracz, wife of Dr. Frank Tracz, wrote a 660-word Facebook post after the university agreed to internal sanctions in the wake of a halftime performance Saturday that the Big 12 Conference claims may have violated its sportsmanship and ethics policies.

“As I watch my husband remain silent at the request of administration as his fate is decided, I feel I am under no such compulsion to do so,” Tracz said, quoting Winston Churchill as saying, “the truth in incontrovertible.