The Horizon League restored the eligibility of UIC student-athletes for all winter and spring league championships on Tuesday, walking back a previous decision to ban the school‘s athletic programs from postseason play in response to the school‘s move to join the Missouri Valley Conference.
After less than a week of outrage from the UIC side, the league‘s Board of Directors opted to grant Flames‘ athletes a special exemption to compete fully for the rest of the year.
“I credit our League’s Board of Directors for prioritizing UIC’s student-athletes despite UIC leaders’ continued actions regarding their move to another conference,” Horizon commissioner Julie Roe Lach said in a statement Tuesday.