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UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank may be recalled to testify in NCAA antitrust trial

Blank, a witness for the NCAA who caused a stir last Monday when she said "it's not clear" that UW would continue to run an intercollegiate athletic program if student-athletes were paid, could be called back to the stand.

According to tweets by Law360.com reporter Dorothy M. Atkins, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said in court Monday that Blank may need to be recalled to address a press release issued by UW-Madison to clarify the chancellor's testimony.

In response to an interview request for Blank from the Wisconsin State Journal, UW-Madison issued a statement last Tuesday that said, in part, that the school "has no plans to stop offering athletics.