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<blockquote data-quote="SuperMetroid" data-source="post: 1934493" data-attributes="member: 227330"><p>1. Me, no. But it's not for me. It's for my kids who like going to Chicago Dogs games and seeing Mustard and Ketchup walking around the park or getting a selfie with Southpaw - aka future fans of the team.</p><p>2. Again, make more young fans now, get more attendance down the road</p><p>3. It's not going to be the cornerstone of recruiting, but no reason it can't be part of the overall package like Brutus or Sparty</p><p>4. Our mascot - whatever it ends up being - goofing around with the Ohio St. Alabama, Oregon, PSU mascots in commercials? Lee Corso or whoever follows him putting on our mascot head to predict a big win on Gameday? It can't hurt <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p><p>Pick something fun, make a good costume, introduce it and market it in an entertaining way (which I think our media team is fully capable of) and there's no reason why it couldn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuperMetroid, post: 1934493, member: 227330"] 1. Me, no. But it's not for me. It's for my kids who like going to Chicago Dogs games and seeing Mustard and Ketchup walking around the park or getting a selfie with Southpaw - aka future fans of the team. 2. Again, make more young fans now, get more attendance down the road 3. It's not going to be the cornerstone of recruiting, but no reason it can't be part of the overall package like Brutus or Sparty 4. Our mascot - whatever it ends up being - goofing around with the Ohio St. Alabama, Oregon, PSU mascots in commercials? Lee Corso or whoever follows him putting on our mascot head to predict a big win on Gameday? It can't hurt 🤷♂️ Pick something fun, make a good costume, introduce it and market it in an entertaining way (which I think our media team is fully capable of) and there's no reason why it couldn't. [/QUOTE]
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