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<blockquote data-quote="Illiini" data-source="post: 1326338" data-attributes="member: 625513"><p>I will say this: If the symbols are stripped away from school athletics, it will certainly dim my interest. Do I want to cheer for the Illinois Eagles? The Illinois Bears? OK, something native. The Illinois Prairie Chickens. I don't think so. </p><p></p><p>And like the Mizzou fans who burned their sweatshirts and hats when the University of Missouri collapsed under pressure from a handful of noisy protestors, yeah, my logo wear, my Marching Illini CD and cassettes, and my support all go in the dumpster. Not because I want to make a statement. It's just that I won't care anymore. I won't have left my team. My team will have left me. And after 51 years of being an Illini, that's sad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiini, post: 1326338, member: 625513"] I will say this: If the symbols are stripped away from school athletics, it will certainly dim my interest. Do I want to cheer for the Illinois Eagles? The Illinois Bears? OK, something native. The Illinois Prairie Chickens. I don't think so. And like the Mizzou fans who burned their sweatshirts and hats when the University of Missouri collapsed under pressure from a handful of noisy protestors, yeah, my logo wear, my Marching Illini CD and cassettes, and my support all go in the dumpster. Not because I want to make a statement. It's just that I won't care anymore. I won't have left my team. My team will have left me. And after 51 years of being an Illini, that's sad. [/QUOTE]
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