UL students: What name controversy?
Several students interviewed this afternoon at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette don’t know about or don’t care about the current controversy over what the football team should be called.
The (Monroe) News-Star published a story this week chastising UL Lafayette’s athletics department for encouraging sports journalists to call the university Louisiana.
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Several students interviewed this afternoon at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette don’t know about or don’t care about the current controversy over what the football team should be called.
The (Monroe) News-Star published a story this week chastising UL Lafayette’s athletics department for encouraging sports journalists to call the university Louisiana.
The story alleged UL Lafayette may be violating the state law that allowed for the two universities to change their names in 1999 from University of Southwestern Louisiana and Northeast Louisiana University.
The law allowed the universities to be called University of Louisiana as long as they included the geographic location of Lafayette or Monroe.
While the debate has prompted outrage among some fans and alumni at both universities, some UL Lafayette students are oblivious to the controversy.
UL students and twins Brian and Ryan Richard of Morgan City said they heard about the controversy.
“It doesn’t really matter,” Brian Richard said. “I know Monroe had a problem with us being referred to as Louisiana. I don’t think it’s a problem.”
Both universities represent Louisiana, he said.
“We’re two different universities,” Brian Richard said.
“And we’re the same,” his brother added.
Jeanie Nguyen of Lafayette said she watches the team play football on TV but has never attended a game. She believes UL’s success this season is the motivation behind the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s ire.
Kristina Guidry of New Iberia said both are universities in Louisiana and should be referred to that way.
“It’s not like we can be called something else,” she said, adding that she calls her school UL.
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Re: My blog on the name issue - From the Bird's Nest
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cajunwarhawks23
Then ULL shouldn't be bothered by it either right?...ULM is sticking to the acronym as much as possible
LM rolls off the tongue with a hint of finality, LL does not.
Re: Opponents View: ULL branding practice of losing 'Lafayette' violates law, creates false ima
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DaddyCajun
... The Judge that oversaw the case IS a LSU graduate and would NOT recuse himself from this case that LSU, McNeese and Northeastern all wanted. We had a good man but NOT the best lawyer to represent UL, Nelson Shex. our former AD.
That simple request at the time would have made all the difference in the world. He was not asked to recuse himself.
Re: My blog on the name issue - From the Bird's Nest
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cajunwarhawks23
Then ULL shouldn't be bothered by it either right?...ULM is sticking to the acronym as much as possible
ULM from your presidents MOUTH, is the chosen brand along with War Hawks that your University is going with! UL has NEVER claimed to be called or wanted to be called ULL, Lafayette, LA-Lafayette, etc. Northeastern chose to become ULM so it could get into the sunbelt, USL chose 15 years prior and won the vote 17-1 in the legislature to be called UL or Louisiana changing its name to University of Louisiana that Tulane once held and does not want. LSUNO changed its name the same way to UNO, only NO ONE brought them to court after like NLU, McNeese and LSU did to USL(UL)! And if that wasnt bad enough LSU had one of their ethical Alumni NOT recuse himself from the case as the JUDGE!!!
Re: Opponents View: ULL branding practice of losing 'Lafayette' violates law, creates false ima
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Turbine
That simple request at the time would have made all the difference in the world. He was not asked to recuse himself.
I want some lawyer types to chime in on IF this case back in 1985 can be retried! What do you think, Turbine? I would certainly start a fund to pay a REALLY big time Lawyer to Represent UL in the 80's Case to change USL's name!
Foote: UL name issue out of hand
In the three decades that I've been around South Louisiana media and athletic scenes, I've seen a lot of controversies.
Some of them I've experienced up, close and personal and some I've just observed from afar.
There isn't one, though, that is more misunderstood, more misinterpreted, invokes more anger and has so many different factions thinking and behaving irrationally than deciding which words to put before "Ragin' Cajuns" when discussing UL's athletic teams.
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