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Major expansion[edit]

Having just purchased the Chicago Cubs, it seems the Thomas S. Ricketts page is in need of some major attention. I will be making some in depth additions myself over the next few days, however, I encourage all cubs fans to be bold and make your own edits. Just remember that sports fans can get emotional so work hard to be level headed in your edits. FIY: although I enjoy the Cubs because I enjoy all things Chicago and have been to many games at Wrigley, full disclosure means I should start off my edits by stating that I am a White Sox fan first.Dkriegls (talk) 01:28, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I think I have now addressed this at the Image host page. Please let me know if I was incorrect in my arguments. Thank youDkriegls (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Ricketts's Sibling Order[edit]

Tom Ricketts is the oldest of the four siblings, not the second oldest. Pete is the second.

Dkelber (talk) 14:07, 18 May 2012 (UTC)Daniel[reply]

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2016 Politics?[edit]

In a 4/17/16 speech, Trump talks about "his enemy" Ricketts again at 34:10 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXn9qloI0mI. Does the political activity of Thomas S. Ricketts and family have any place on this page? Joel S Bateman (talk) 21:46, 18 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Biographies tend to be a bit more reserved with a "Presumption in favor of privacy". If it turns into some big scandal, maybe. But being the target of a trump speech. Probably not. --Dkriegls (talk to me!) 05:25, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dates must be wrong....[edit]

The quote here says "In 1984, Ricketts moved from Omaha to Chicago in order to attend the University of Chicago. Just out of high school, he moved in with his younger brother Peter, also a student at the University of Chicago.[9] Ricketts received a bachelor's degree from the university in 1988"

However, if he was born in 1963, that'd make him 2-3 years beyond the typically high school age. As I went to the UofC in 1984, and I was born in 1966, I'm pretty sure on all of this!

And if he went there right out of HS, and his younger brother was already there .... ? Well, yes, the UofC does accept young students but that sentence needs explaining. Did the younger brother go early? 2 years? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whughes98144 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the UofC magazine seems to think Pete is older: "Joe Ricketts didn’t know much about the University of Chicago when he saw it high in a magazine’s rankings. He suggested to his oldest child, Pete, that maybe he should check it out. Pete enrolled as a freshman in 1982, two years before Tom. " from http://magazine.uchicago.edu/1008/features/heres-the-pitch.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whughes98144 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the UofC has Pete's graduation as 2 years *before* Tom's. http://magazine.uchicago.edu/1008/features/heres-the-pitch.shtml

It's entirely possible Tom took a few years off between HS and the UofC but that's not currently what this article says. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whughes98144 (talk • contribs) 17:58, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]