ESPN.com · Mar 3, 2016
Why critics don't matter for mascots like Chuck
playDuring halftime, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer introduces the crowd to the team's new mascot, "Chuck the Condor." (0:26)LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers hatched a new mascot Monday, and the reception to "Chuck the Condor" couldn't have been much worse if they had just trotted out a caricature version of Michael Olowokandi.
A Los Angeles Times headline read, "The Clippers' championship drive just got hijacked by a stupid bird."
The first sentence of a New York Daily News article got right to the point: "Chuck is a schmuck."
"I'm positive if the Phanatic was launched today as the brand new mascot of the Phillies, we would have gotten slaughtered for that."