[oman]

I realize that the fictional Indian, as a former mascot, has some significant meaning to a portion of the people on this board, but I know too many real, actual Stanford alums who are hurt by the stereotypical betrayal to not cringe whenever I see it depicted.
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Anyway, I'm fairly sure that the Stanford Indian has very little to do with the AD revenue of Stanford in 2012, so if people want to discuss the Indian, let's do it in another thread.

There is certainly a link between AD revenue and marketing, so to me the subject is relevant.  Given that many of the high schoolers I talk to would go to Oregon solely for the football uniforms, I would think that for some reason if Stanford gear took off it would have at least some effect on AD revenue. 

As outsider implies, I'm not sure the clownish caricature or the "waiver" granted by the Seminoles is really the point.

Would Stanford ever officially bring back the Indian?  No.  But I saw enough of the t-shirts at the Fiesta Bowl to think that some kind of underground sales could occur.

[oman]

I realize that the fictional Indian, as a former mascot, has some significant meaning to a portion of the people on this board, but I know too many real, actual Stanford alums who are hurt by the stereotypical betrayal to not cringe whenever I see it depicted.
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Anyway, I'm fairly sure that the Stanford Indian has very little to do with the AD revenue of Stanford in 2012, so if people want to discuss the Indian, let's do it in another thread.

There is certainly a link between AD revenue and marketing, so to me the subject is relevant.  Given that many of the high schoolers I talk to would go to Oregon solely for the football uniforms, I would think that for some reason if Stanford gear took off it would have at least some effect on AD revenue. 

As outsider implies, I'm not sure the clownish caricature or the "waiver" granted by the Seminoles is really the point.

Would Stanford ever officially bring back the Indian?  No.  But I saw enough of the t-shirts at the Fiesta Bowl to think that some kind of underground sales could occur.