UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sounded a warning this week about the future of intercollegiate athletics at the school if it is forced to pay student-athletes.
But in a statement Tuesday, a UW spokesperson said the school had no plans to stop offering athletics after Blank testified a day earlier at an NCAA antitrust trial that the university may not sponsor a sports program if it's not an amateur endeavor.
The case, brought against the NCAA and major conferences in the Northern District of California by former Division I football and basketball players, is deciding whether the NCAA can limit compensation for athletes to the full cost of attendance.