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Illinois Sports: New Illini AD Already Earning His 6-Figure Salary

Quad Cities Online: New Illini AD already earning his 6-figure salary

Last Thursday University of Illinois acting chancellor Barbara Wilson introduced former Illini football star Josh Whitman as the 14th permanent athletic director of the University of Illinois, making $600,000 annually.

Whitman, obviously, has a big job to do, and it may not be as easy as he thinks. I am sure he was not planning within 24 hours after his remarkable press-conference that he would have to address the media for “another” issue within the athletic department. That was when men’s basketball player LeRon Black was arrested after a late-night incident at a local bar.