Illiniwek to Dance This Fall; Decision Out of Guenther's Hands

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Chief Illiniwek likely has not danced his last dance at University of Illinois home football games and could perform at basketball games this winter because the school's board of trustees has not settled on a solution to the long-simmering debate, athletic director Ron Guenther said Monday.

The school's teams might go through the academic year unable to host postseason NCAA events because the trustees are taking the necessary time to reach a good decision on the Chief's future, a decision that might not come before May 2007, Guenther said.

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Illiniwek to Dance This Fall; Decision Out of Guenther's Hands

"I think that they have their own timetable and are looking to do the right thing," he told The ...

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