2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[NewsCopy]

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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[Turbine]

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.

[Turbine]

... 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.

[DaddyCajun]

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!!!

[DaddyCajun]

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!

[Turbine]

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!

I doubt it.

The way you retry these things is by moving to a higher court, but they won't let you enter new evidences.

What should have been a slam dunk case in favor of the Board of Trustees was mishandled, and they became the ones slam dunked.

[NewsCopy]

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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[Turbine]

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!

imo

They only way it could be brought back up is to come at it from a completely different angle, like attacking a law that limits potential.

[AstroCajun]

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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A perfect closing line. Simply perfect.

[AstroCajun]

Well Tabby, I know you read this so takes notes you second rate irrelevant blow hard. First, you take the time to chastise us for breaking the law? Why don't you use your so called "journalist savvy" to expose the atrocities occurring in your own backyard? Your ulm could not feed YOUR team in between semesters for the only bowl ya ll will ever play in Period. Secondly, why don't you call out your local community for not supporting THEIR university by attending games and donations. Thirdly, ulm's in a financial crisis and they cant even afford to division 1 status. Why not call out the university for failed attempts at D1 when ya ll can save money by joining the southland conference? IS EDUCATIONAL MERITS even a concern for you? Think of the money ulm could divert to ACADEMICS , which as everyone knows, is ranked pathetically . I can see why Tech wants nothing to do with yall as ulm is an embarrassment to all higher education. CONGRATS ON BEING A WRITER FOR SOMETHING SO SAD and irrelevant. Keep up with your "dont let the facts get in the way of a good story". P.S. I hope HUD goes for 2 points with a 60 point lead.

Bingo. Video bingo. Oh, wait, they couldn't even covince their local lawmakers to give them that and we're seriously worried about a challenge?