My initial reaction when I was invited to the Facebook group JUST DON’T — No New Nike-influenced Spartan helmet and saw this new logo was disgust. Of course I went right ahead and accepted the request and invited all my Facebook friends from MSU. But as the days passed and I followed the story and heard everyone put in their two cents about why this logo or that logo is better, I realized something. It’s not the changing of the logo that is so bad, it’s just this new logo. And what’s even worse is the lack of input the university sought out from its students, alumni and fans.

I am proud to be an MSU student. I am proud to be a Spartan. I represent this school everywhere I go, from an interview to just being out wearing an MSU hat or shirt and yelling “Go Green” to another fan. I bleed Green and White. It’s not just me out there; all Spartans have a special tie to this school, and we pride ourselves on having that tie to the university — that’s what makes us Spartans the best fans, as opposed to those Wal-Mart Wolverines. But we are finding ourselves in the dark on this decision about what logo will represent us. What logo we will don as we watch a late season football game in freezing temperatures? What logo opposing teams will be staring at as they keep their eyes down, away from the Izzone, preparing to make a last-second free throw at Breslin Center? This logo change affects us, but no one bothered to ask us, and that is where the mistake was made.