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URBANA — The Big Ten Network has agreed to avoid images of the Chief Illiniwek logo during its Illini broadcasts following a complaint about its coverage of the Nov. 11 football game against Indiana.
The Big Ten Conference and BTN have also asked their merchandise partner, Fanatics, to no longer sell items featuring the Chief logo, which the UI stopped using in 2007 under pressure from the NCAA.
The decisions were outlined in a Nov. 14 email from Big Ten Deputy Commissioner Brad Traviolia to Stephen Kaufman, an emeritus professor at the UI and longtime Chief opponent.