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<blockquote data-quote="chiefini" data-source="post: 1944506" data-attributes="member: 11271"><p>We have close friends who are Loyalty Circle ($10,000 a year to IFUND) donors and also huge Chief supporters. They’ve tried to talk to Jones and Josh about the Chief, but both just smile and nod. Our friend said that at Friday night’s Loyalty Circle donor dinner that John Wright III, whose grandfather, father, and son all played football at Illini (as he did) got to speak. At the end of his speech, John yelled, “CHIEEEEEEEEEEF,” and the 450 donors all went crazy and yelled it, too. My friend said most of the major donors (most of whom are alums with many former athletes) still support the Chief, and Josh knows that not having the Chief continues to be a problem with both losing some and gaining more donations. He also said he doesn’t think Josh is onboard with the Kingfisher at all. Just an FYI.</p><p><img src="/inc/chief.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":chief:" title="Chief :chief:" data-shortname=":chief:" /><img src="/inc/hailtotheorange-1.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hailtotheorange:" title="Hail to the Orange :hailtotheorange:" data-shortname=":hailtotheorange:" /><img src="/inc/chief.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":chief:" title="Chief :chief:" data-shortname=":chief:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chiefini, post: 1944506, member: 11271"] We have close friends who are Loyalty Circle ($10,000 a year to IFUND) donors and also huge Chief supporters. They’ve tried to talk to Jones and Josh about the Chief, but both just smile and nod. Our friend said that at Friday night’s Loyalty Circle donor dinner that John Wright III, whose grandfather, father, and son all played football at Illini (as he did) got to speak. At the end of his speech, John yelled, “CHIEEEEEEEEEEF,” and the 450 donors all went crazy and yelled it, too. My friend said most of the major donors (most of whom are alums with many former athletes) still support the Chief, and Josh knows that not having the Chief continues to be a problem with both losing some and gaining more donations. He also said he doesn’t think Josh is onboard with the Kingfisher at all. Just an FYI. :chief::hailtotheorange::chief: [/QUOTE]
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