Champaign, Illinois (AP)
Plans for a third annual unofficial performance on the University of Illinois campus by the retired Chief Illiniwek mascot have been scrapped after the school threatened legal action.
Roger Huddleston is co-founder of the Honor the Chief Society that planned the event for the weekend of Oct. 23 football game against Indiana. He told The News-Gazette in Champaign the group can’t afford a legal fight.
Plans for a third annual unofficial performance on the University of Illinois campus by the retired Chief Illiniwek mascot have been scrapped after the school threatened legal action.
Roger Huddleston is co-founder of the Honor the Chief Society that planned the event for the weekend of Oct. 23 football game against Indiana. He told The News-Gazette in Champaign the group can’t afford a legal fight.