2013 Staking a Claim for Louisiana

[Ragin9221]

Even the article in the News-Star is misleading because it reads "ULL branding practice of losing 'Lafayette' violates law, creates false image, officials say" We are not trying to lose Lafayette we still use UL-Lafayette when referring to the University. The article makes you think that we are branding ourselves as University of Louisiana, or UL. WE ARE JUST USING LOUISIANA.

[Policarp]

Aren't all of the moniker's for anything outside of the university legal name registered and owned by the university? If so, how is that illegal. It already passed a legal exam (one would think) when it was registered. It is the brand and intellectual property of the university or university athletics. It can't be illegal, if it was, then someone would deep pockets could take the nfl to court for owning the "Super Bowl" name and image. That's why advertisers refer to it as "the big game" etc instead of paying a rights fee to use it. Same thing here. Its not illegal, its not a backwash to the law, its a registered name of what athletics wants to be ID'd and branded.. Same thing with a web site address,if you own it, you own it and it can't be used without cash exchanging hands. Its intellectual property. If Registered, the others can't use it unless they're willing to pay. If it were up to me, the attorneys would already have sent letters to ESPN, Gannett, UL Monrow, etc seeking restitution for the purposeful and wanton destruction of registered property and the athletic brand of the university.

BTW, I'm not a lawyer, I only play one on this web site. And, I stayed at a Holiday Inn a few months ago....

If you stayed at a Holiday Inn, you are well qualified to rebuke Tabby. Case closed. Sad, ULM has a beat writer covering us better than ULM = we're doing something right.

That add campaign is very effective......hear my kids use it too. & quite relevant to this string: it creates BRAND RECOGNITION that others take hold & use.

[Boomer]

I see the Alexandria Clown Talk also carried this article.

Not surprising--the two towns with the most redneck idiots in the state ... and that's saying something.

----Lafayette Alex and Monroe papers all owned by the same people!!!

[CajunAmos]

----Lafayette Alex and Monroe papers all owned by the same people!!!

Maybe we should start a petition to cancel all local subscriptions to the DA in protest...

[RiverRanchMan]

I think this is my final post on this issue.

In MY opinion:
we have two choices:
1. Carry on the way we have in all regards and continue to ask and influence media outlets to call us "Louisiana" or "UL". This, I think will eventually come back to haunt us because I honestly believe we will face an eventual amendment to the 1998 law initiated by a coalition of Northern LA, BR, and NOLA legislators for the reasons previously

UL should turn the tables on ULM & form a coalition with Tech & attempt to convert ULM into a junior college. LSU may even be on board if you include SLU & Nichols in the junior college discussion.
LA has too many universities which hurts everyone, including LSU.

[CajunAmos]

UL should turn the tables on ULM & form a coalition with Tech & attempt to convert ULM into a junior college. LSU may even be on board if you include SLU & Nichols in the junior college discussion.
LA has too many universities which hurts everyone, including LSU.

Could be the first thing you've posted that I actually agree with...

[CajunDreDog]

Could be the first thing you've posted that I actually agree with...

Yep.

I've always said that the UL System should include only the following:
Northwestern State
Louisiana
LA Tech
Southeastern Louisiana

That's it....close all the rest. The economy of those towns be crumble though, and would only hurt the state in the long run. Can Thibodeaux survive without Nicholls in its economy? I doubt it....

[Frenchie35]

Every last one of them.

Maybe that is why the evil doers down east don't want to bring it up because they may have to use their right handle, lsua&m.....

[NOLACajun]

Not talking about the original name in 1984, because I agree with what you said. But, when we figured out that we could never get the University of Louisiana name again and would have to partner with another school and add a city tag is when we should have sought a variation of the name like Louisiana University or a more distinctive name like Acadiana University or even the University of South Louisiana and kept USL instead of going into bed with a school like Northeast Louisiana (a name they would have kept), letting them in the conference, and sharing an identity as ULX schools tied at the hip with a statewide and national perception that both schools are of equal standing academically and athletically.

Please not South Louisiana. That's the name of the community college. Not a good idea at all!

[BraveCajun]

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s...in_cajuns.html

Pretty good article besides the misspelling of "Rajin".

[CajunRebel]

We need to keep fighting the fight, and not give up or give in because of petty people that have nothing better to do but worry about what others call themselves.

The fight we're fighting now is like trench warfare was in WWI. Sure we're winning battles here and there but in 14 years, YES ITS BEEN FOURTEEN FREAKIN YEARS, we are really not much closer to our goal then we were when we started. We've moved the battle lines 3 or 4 miles but we've got to move them hundreds of miles to win the war.

It's time to think about changing strategies because I seriously doubt we'll ever win the war doing the same thing we've been doing for the past 14 years.

[cajun_lannister]

If ULM could be LSU@monroe the entire area would cream there jeans