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By Noah Seligman

Feb 21, 2016; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers mascot Bucky Badger entertains the fans during the game with the Illinois Fighting Illini at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin defeated Illinois 69-60. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2016; Madison, WI, USA; Wisconsin Badgers mascot Bucky Badger entertains the fans during the game with the Illinois Fighting Illini at the Kohl Center. Wisconsin defeated Illinois 69-60. Mandatory Credit: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY Sports /
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Bucky Badger is not racially questionable

So this category is perhaps a little unfair because I’m clearly targeting just one school.  In 2007, the NCAA barred Illinois from continuing its “Chief Iliniwek” tradition deeming it “hostile and abusive toward American Indians.”

Dec 21, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; The Illinois Fighting Illini cheerleaders run on the court before a basketball game against the Missouri Tigers at Scottrade Center. Illinois won 75-66. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2016; St. Louis, MO, USA; The Illinois Fighting Illini cheerleaders run on the court before a basketball game against the Missouri Tigers at Scottrade Center. Illinois won 75-66. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports /

My grandparents once lived in Champaign-Urbana.  My grandfather had Ilini tickets for football and men’s basketball.  My dad once witnessed the horrible spectacle of Chief Ilinewek’s halftime dance at an Illinois game.  Evidently the original Peter Pan would be considered progressive on American Indian issues compared to that awful Illinois show.  I will not link to the dance but it is of course all over YouTube.  As my grandma would complain, years after the NCAA ruling people were writing the local paper complaining about the decision.

Eliminated: Illinois Fighting Ilini

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