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U of I Chancellor Aiken "permanently retracts" student athlete gag order |
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by Paul R.
Email: paul (nospam) mediageek.org (unverified!) |
05 Jun 2001
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The following e-mail was just sent out to all U of I students, faculty and staff from Chancellor Michael Aiken. In it he retracts his previously imposed gag order preventing University personnel from contacting potential U of I student athletes, under the suspicion that opponents to the University's Mascot, Chief Illiniwek, would attempt to convince them not to attend the U of I.
The ACLU challenged Aiken's gag order, and as he notes, won a court order declaring it invalid. |
The following e-mail was just sent out to all U of I students, faculty and staff from Chancellor Michael Aiken. In it he retracts his previously imposed gag order preventing University personnel from contacting potential U of I student athletes, under the suspicion that opponents to the University's Mascot, Chief Illiniwek, would attempt to convince them not to attend the U of I.
The ACLU challenged Aiken's gag order, and as he notes, won a court order declaring it invalid.
Aiken's e-mail:
As you may recall, on March 2,2001, I sent an e-mail message to persons associated with the University regarding "Contact with Potential Student Athletes." My e-mail message stated,in part,that: "No contacts are permitted with prospective student athletes, including high school and junior college students, by University students, employees or others associated with the University without express authorization of the Director of Athletics or his designee." However, in light of Judge Mihm's order of April 6,2001 and more recent testimony by representatives of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), I have concluded that express authorization of the Director of Athletics or his designee should not be required. Therefore, effective this date, I am permanently retracting the above-quoted sentence of my March 2, 2001 e-mail message.
The retraction of the above-quoted language from my earlier e-mail message does not lessen the University's commitment to complying with NCAA rules in the recruitment of student athletes at the University of Illinois.
I continue to call upon all members of the University community to abide by the rules of the NCAA when dealing with potential student athletes. Should you have questions concerning NCAA rules, please contact Mr. Vince Ille,
Assistant Director for Compliance, at the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Thank you. |
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