The Chief, a student dressed in buckskins who dances at halftime of regular-season home football and basketball games and other athletic contests, has been a flashpoint for years on the campus.
The board of trustees has approved a resolution to seek ``consensus conclusion'' to the issue, but Eppley said the NCAA's action threatens to derail that process.
``The likely and ironic consequence of the NCAA's provocative rhetoric will be a giant step backward in the debate, re-engagement of harsh and disingenuous rhetoric and the loss of common ground to the armies of divisiveness,'' Eppley wrote.
— Associated Press
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