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<blockquote data-quote="Ransom Stoddard" data-source="post: 1954342" data-attributes="member: 10336"><p>Nothing shouts tradition more than "we need something to shut up the people who still want the Chief back". Particularly since it's likely to just make them louder, along with opening the door to no longer being "Fighting Illini."</p><p></p><p>I'm not 100% opposed to some kind of mascot. However, I am 100% opposed to a mascot just for the sake of having one, especially one with absolutely no contextual relationship to the university. We've done without for over a century, so to my mind our tradition is "no mascot". Not that I want to be like IU, but they also don't have one, and as far as I can tell there isn't any hand-wringing over it.</p><p></p><p>The challenge is that no one has found anything yet that unites the students, alumni, and donors (can't run an athletic department without donors) that will also appease those concerned about having someone's sensibilities threatened. Until we find it, "none" is a great option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ransom Stoddard, post: 1954342, member: 10336"] Nothing shouts tradition more than "we need something to shut up the people who still want the Chief back". Particularly since it's likely to just make them louder, along with opening the door to no longer being "Fighting Illini." I'm not 100% opposed to some kind of mascot. However, I am 100% opposed to a mascot just for the sake of having one, especially one with absolutely no contextual relationship to the university. We've done without for over a century, so to my mind our tradition is "no mascot". Not that I want to be like IU, but they also don't have one, and as far as I can tell there isn't any hand-wringing over it. The challenge is that no one has found anything yet that unites the students, alumni, and donors (can't run an athletic department without donors) that will also appease those concerned about having someone's sensibilities threatened. Until we find it, "none" is a great option. [/QUOTE]
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