After going dark for more than a year, Simon Cvijanovic took to Twitter on Memorial Day night to announce he’d reached a $250,000 settlement with the University of Illinois over the way he was treated as a scholarship football player.
In an unusual announcement, Cvijanovic posted to his @IlliniSi account a copy of a press release on the letterhead of the Chicago law firm that took on his case, including comments from UI Chancellor Robert Jones.
The three-paragraph release revealed that Cvijanovic had received “a one-time payment of $250,000 to compensate for injuries and medical expenses he sustained during his time as a football player at Illinois.