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2016: LA the new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cajuns released new branding for athletics today: First reference: Louisiana. Abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc. LA. ULL or UL-L: No</p>— jay walker (@jayespn1420) <a href="https://twitter.com/jayespn1420/status/795660321058947073">November 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Let's see how well this works...
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nickname: Louisiana Ragin; Cajuns. And, to clarify: ULL (and UL-L) are unacceptable abbrev. It's LA.</p>— jay walker (@jayespn1420) <a href="https://twitter.com/jayespn1420/status/795661952668340226">November 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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yeah, good luck with that
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Originally Posted by
alum81
yeah, good luck with that
We will always be UL-LAF with ESPN...our admin may put this out, but I have no confidence that they will grow a pair and enforce this.
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you can't enforce with no authority. of course they won't enforce anything.
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Originally Posted by
CajunJack55
We will always be UL-LAF with ESPN...our admin may put this out, but I have no confidence that they will grow a pair and enforce this.
...stay tuned.....
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Originally Posted by
CajunJack55
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nickname: Louisiana Ragin; Cajuns. And, to clarify: ULL (and UL-L) are unacceptable abbrev. It's LA.</p>— jay walker (@jayespn1420) <a href="https://twitter.com/jayespn1420/status/795661952668340226">November 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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HUGE
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Originally Posted by
Sonsissymia
you can't enforce with no authority. of course they won't enforce anything.
By enforce I mean PUSH--Do whatever it takes and contently remind those media outlets and other schools what we would like to be call. That is not the fans job.
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Good try but too late. We already missed the boat
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You're not going to make everyone happy regardless of it changes to. I don't like UL(L). I politely correct anyone who says it. LA is a better abbreviation, but it invites someone to just say Lafayette. I just hope this doesn't trigger even more confusion. I'll believe that UL(L) is gone when I no longer see it on ESP-N.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
Jay and everyone else needs to not even put the "don't use ULL OR UL-L" because people still see it. Just reference what we want and leave everything else off
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
GeauxCajuns
Jay and everyone else needs to not even put the "don't use ULL OR UL-L" because people still see it. Just reference what we want and leave everything else off
Agree
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Originally Posted by
GeauxCajuns
Jay and everyone else needs to not even put the "don't use ULL OR UL-L" because people still see it. Just reference what we want and leave everything else off
Yep.
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Originally Posted by
CajunJack55
We will always be UL-LAF with ESPN...our admin may put this out, but I have no confidence that they will grow a pair and enforce this.
but espn is not biased against us, so why wouldn't they listen?
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
GeauxCajuns
Jay and everyone else needs to not even put the "don't use ULL OR UL-L" because people still see it. Just reference what we want and leave everything else off
gold!
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
This is just an attempt to get ragin pagin focus off of the putrid offense and the fact that HUD has never recruited and developed a high school QB into a starter in six years. Don't take the bait stick to what matters.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
So how many times have we "rebranded" in the past 9-10 years now??
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
I'm not sure what the driving factor is with coming out with this now, but if were a meaningful, enforceable change, of course it would be great. We will see, we all know it is totally dependent on what our Admin (T-Joe) does to market this brand and protect it. Can't get our hopes up, could be another misfire.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
Actually this is important. It will probably end up being the first shots fired in a statewide battle, but by the Univerosty officially having a stance, it shows that their confident in the name usage, the legality and the purpose behind it. As dumb as our admin can be, they're not dumb enough to misunderstand that this will come with scrutiny.
I'm happy that this is coming before baseball season, when our team will be plastered all over the college baseball world.
Key take away, "initial mention: Louisiana".
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
Cajunrunner
So how many times have we "rebranded" in the past 9-10 years now??
True, but the important thing is that they finally got it right.
There are a myriad of reasons to be upset right now. This isn't one of them. This is a good thing, a VERY good thing.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
ManAboutTown
Actually this is important. It will probably end up being the first shots fired in a statewide battle, but by the Univerosty officially having a stance, it shows that their confident in the name usage, the legality and the purpose behind it. As dumb as our admin can be, they're not dumb enough to misunderstand that this will come with scrutiny.
I'm happy that this is coming before baseball season, when our team will be plastered all over the college baseball world.
Key take away, "initial mention: Louisiana".
We really need ESPN and the AP on board, other state schools and other media outlets in the state will be the last ones to call us this and you are right will fight back. We just have to figure out how to get the ESPNs and APs not to cave.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
ManAboutTown
Actually this is important. It will probably end up being the first shots fired in a statewide battle, but by the Univerosty officially having a stance, it shows that their confident in the name usage, the legality and the purpose behind it. As dumb as our admin can be, they're not dumb enough to misunderstand that this will come with scrutiny.
I'm happy that this is coming before baseball season, when our team will be plastered all over the college baseball world.
Key take away, "initial mention: Louisiana".
well said
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Originally Posted by
CajunJack55
We really need ESPN and the AP on board, other state schools and other media outlets in the state will be the last ones to call us this and you are right will fight back. We just have to figure out how to get the ESPNs and APs not to cave.
I don't know for sure, but knowing the folks that they've been consulting with, I have to believe the AP and ESPN are being courted on this.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
As long as you are still in business good marketing is never too late, even when it is 16+ years in the making.
"LA"
Great Move!
Necessary move!
Clears up a ton of confusion.
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Re: LA - The new "official" abbreviation for stats, crawls, etc
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Originally Posted by
ManAboutTown
I don't know for sure, but knowing the folks that they've been consulting with, I have to believe the AP and ESPN are being courted on this.
This will be huge if true, let's just hope they do not cave when the push back begins (because it will)
