UI FOIA Lawsuit - Sport Related

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Point-Illinois
From the Twitter thread, it seems he’s miffed that Illinois is not approving his FOIA requests even though Illinois did in the past for a different request.

Both requests were for information communicated via some medium that doesn’t fall into the FOIA bucket. (Called Boardvantage)

So basically, Illinois gave him info they didn’t have to give (the first request) from this Boardvantage application but now Illinois is toeing the party line and denying current requests. (Which I’m guessing the B1G wants them to do and is perfectly within their right?)

So now he’s suing.

That’s what I gathered from his thread, am I missing something?
 
#4      
illiniE
The advantage of Northwestern, Duke, and other private schools to not have to respond FOIA requests.
 
#5      
mhuml32
Point-Illinois said:
From the Twitter thread, it seems he’s miffed that Illinois is not approving his FOIA requests even though Illinois did in the past for a different request.

Both requests were for information communicated via some medium that doesn’t fall into the FOIA bucket. (Called Boardvantage)

So basically, Illinois gave him info they didn’t have to give (the first request) from this Boardvantage application but now Illinois is toeing the party line and denying current requests. (Which I’m guessing the B1G wants them to do and is perfectly within their right?)

So now he’s suing.

That’s what I gathered from his thread, am I missing something?
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For sure, I would call this Illinois' perspective. The issue for him is universities are required by FOIA to turn over communication that doesn't fall under specific exceptions, such as FERPA, confidentiality, etc., regardless of the medium being used. Now, there has been judicial creep and workarounds that have protected schools more and more from having to disclose communication. My guess is Illinois counsel previously believed they had to disclose but now they want to fight and see if they can protect it.
 
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Point-Illinois
mhuml32 said:
For sure, I would call this Illinois' perspective. The issue for him is universities are required by FOIA to turn over communication that doesn't fall under specific exceptions, such as FERPA, confidentiality, etc., regardless of the medium being used. Now, there has been judicial creep and workarounds that have protected schools more and more from having to disclose communication. My guess is Illinois counsel previously believed they had to disclose but now they want to fight and see if they can protect it.
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And because we already released the info once, we are the target?

Seems odd the B1G or other schools aren’t in the crosshairs when it’s info about the former commissioner that he wants.

Or maybe he is suing them all but I missed it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
#7      
OrangeBlue98
Not a lawyer, but technically, the University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics isn't a public organization like the University itself is. So it should not fall under the same types of FOIA issues that the University proper has to deal with.

However, the communications from the chancellor - who is employed by the University - would be considered public information.
 
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