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Bradley branding and mascot

tornado said:
correct - the Chief's Club changed to the Braves Club about 5 years ago - just further effort to wipe out any reference to anything "Native American"

btw - spoke with a friend who is in the business locally of screen printing T-shirts, logos, and selling apparrel & memorabilia...
and he said a few things about Bradley's new logos but I will only repeat a few of them...
..they are rather simplistic, and that extremely few people have inquired about items with the new logo - a noticable difference from when a school usually creates a new logo and there's an initial surge of interest and people wanting to buy...

he suggested that if BU want's their logo to identify the school better - especially with people who do not instantly know where we are located, that we should have included some reference in the logo like these people do...
http://trademarks.tamu.edu/images/Lone Star Logos.png
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http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/33/788/full/zh30nzg6okshxvz21nskqwkyk.gif
http://cobweb.sfasu.edu/kkahler/img/logo.jpg
https://www.collegefootballart.com/images/indiana/Collectibles/indwxRLINDl.jpg
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I don't know how much it matters, but as a point, all of those schools are public state universities.

Do any private institutions use the state in which they are located in their logo?
 
I don't know about having the state included, but a ton of private schools jazz up their logos with something other than just a letter-

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Honestly you guys here much have way too much time to burn. I really do not care nearly that much what our logo, mascot or name is as our lack of winning. Gonzaga uses a G and Butler uses a B for the most part. Without looking ot up does anyone know what Gonzaga's mascot is? Butler has a bulldog for crying out loud. The only tradition I want to be known for is WINNNING! Mascots for the most part is a great marketing vehicle to sell merchandise and some branding. I guess this distraction takes us from the fact that our program is in a re-building mode.

BTW...Have any of you ever heard of a recruit say that they chose a school over another because of the mascot? I didn't think so.
 
SFP said:
Honestly you guys here much have way too much time to burn. I really do not care nearly that much what our logo, mascot or name is as our lack of winning. Gonzaga uses a G and Butler uses a B for the most part...
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Actually, Butler's logo is not a "B" at all. Their logo prominently features the Bulldog, with or without the block Butler name-

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Athletic website-
http://www.butlersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/index


Also, Gonzaga's logo is also never just a "G".
It is a GU, or a block "Gonzaga University", but never without the menacing bulldog.
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Gonzaga athletic website-
http://www.gozags.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26400&SPID=90846&SPSID=627537
 
Both are Bulldogs? Maybe we should be The Bradley Bulldogs! That maybe the difference between winning and losing? :rolleyes:

AZ I'm waiting for your response! :lol:
 
Da Coach said:
I don't know about having the state included, but a ton of private schools jazz up their logos with something other than just a letter-
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These types of logos were shown at the focus groups. There were a few really good looking versions with a gargoyle wrapped around the shield.
 
on a topic that's related to hostile & abusive...

one of the nation's LEADING Lacrosse equipment manufacturers is taking heat...

first - because their name is Warrior...but also because a certain slogan they have been using included the phrase...
"ninja" ..which activists are claiming is just a disguised form of the word ni**er" - (a slur against Blacks) - ...

so has anyone else ever heard of that???
.."ninja" is an intentional effort to insult Blacks ?? Seems to me people try way too hard to find something offensive!
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwo...aking-heat-for-racially-charged-slogan-145104
 
tornado said:
on a topic that's related to hostile & abusive...

one of the nation's LEADING Lacrosse equipment manufacturers is taking heat...

first - because their name is Warrior...but also because a certain slogan they have been using included the phrase...
"ninja" ..which activists are claiming is just a disguised form of the word ni**er" - (a slur against Blacks) - ...

so has anyone else ever heard of that???
.."ninja" is an intentional effort to insult Blacks ?? Seems to me people try way too hard to find something offensive!
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwo...aking-heat-for-racially-charged-slogan-145104
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I'm familiar with Warrior, as they're also manufacturers of hockey equipment. As for the Ninja thing, I've never heard anything like that.
 
tornado said:
on a topic that's related to hostile & abusive...

one of the nation's LEADING Lacrosse equipment manufacturers is taking heat...

first - because their name is Warrior...but also because a certain slogan they have been using included the phrase...
"ninja" ..which activists are claiming is just a disguised form of the word ni**er" - (a slur against Blacks) - ...

so has anyone else ever heard of that???
.."ninja" is an intentional effort to insult Blacks ?? Seems to me people try way too hard to find something offensive!
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwo...aking-heat-for-racially-charged-slogan-145104
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I thought you were going to say there were a group of Japanese who find it insulting. I'd tell whoever came up with that nonsense to stick up their @$$. I believe there are groups of people who are just complainers and are always looking for things to gripe about.
 
SFP said:
I thought you were going to say there were a group of Japanese who find it insulting. I'd tell whoever came up with that nonsense to stick up their @$$. I believe there are groups of people who are just complainers and are always looking for things to gripe about.
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The word Ninja is clearly not offensive. But read the article.

The Warrior ad says "Ninja, please" next to the picture of a black Lacrosse player. Anyone with a modest knowledge of pop culture knows that's a play on the common Ni@@a, please.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ninja please
 
SFP said:
Both are Bulldogs? Maybe we should be The Bradley Bulldogs! That maybe the difference between winning and losing? :rolleyes:

AZ I'm waiting for your response! :lol:
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*Best players seem to be African Americans from the east/southeast/south
*Would think fish for dinner and fishing would appeal to these recruits
*BU being on the Illinois River with plenty of Asian carp to catch and pan fry, should be a big recruiting advantage for BU

Therefore, I propose

Fighting Carp as BU's new mascot/logo

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Here it is!

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BU Fighting Carp​



May have to touchup the color a bit...
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I like that name for a mascot, only I'd go with the Flyin' Carp.
But I am not sure too many of the kids from Chicago ever do much fishing.
 
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