'Louisiana' nickname has fan support, and The Advertiser support

[Hammer58]

Great editorial. Thanks Advertiser.

And ... thanks for listening to your subscribers. The sentiment of the Facebook comments, including some very prominent Lafayette citizens, were all for the "Louisiana" moniker as indicative that the university was trying to progress and better itself.

The DA knows which side its bread is buttered on.

It's good to see the Advertiser take this stance.

I also applaud the local business leaders that commented in favor of Louisiana. I did have to laugh at Mr. Florsheim arguing against this. He is listed as the head of the chamber of commerce of El Dorado. I drew a blank on El Dorado but figured it must be some small town in north Louisiana just outside of Monroe. However, a quick google search revealed that El a Dorado is a small town in ARKANSAS !!!!! What dog does Arkansas have in this hunt?!! I guess all of our jokes about ulm being the flagship of southern Arkansas wasn't far off the mark!

[Turbine]

While I would have liked to see an article one editorial that addressed Tabby's original fairy tale that started all of this (much CajunT did on the radio), it's good to see the Advertiser take thus stance. I also applaud the local business leaders that commented in favor of Louisiana. I did have to laugh at Mr. Florsheim arguing against this. He is listed as the head of the chamber of commerce of El Dorado. I drew a blank on El Dorado but figured it must be some small town in north Louisiana just outside of Monroe. However, a quick google search revealed that El a Dorado is a small town in ARKANSAS !!!!! What dog does Arkansas have in this hunt?!! I guess all of our jokes about ulm being the flagship of southern Arkansas wasn't far off the mark!

ULM by day, ArkLaMo by night.

[Cajun Monkee]

Hammer, that would be Henry Florsheim.

Formerly of LEDA and the Lite Center.

Mr. Florsheim has made his money off Lafayette.

[Hammer58]

Hammer, that would be Henry Florsheim.

Formerly of LEDA and the Lite Center.

Mr. Florsheim has made his money off Lafayette.

Makes him even more of a douche.

[Cajun Monkee]

Makes him even more of a douche.

Yeah, you'd think out of respect to Gautreaux and Mellington (hell, to the University and the city), he'd suppress the need to comment.

[Just1More]

This was the very accurate and simple explanation that should have been the beacon from the start. All others that chimed in didn't examine the topic more than 5 minutes, and immediately introduced their own, unimpressively expressed, opinion.

The primary facts were stated in this DA article. The university uses the official name. Everyone outside of the university slaughters our name, so we created a preferred branding name. It isn't illegal, and further legislation to cover ULS "branding rules" would be astronomically cumbersome and a ridiculous waste of our state government's time.

Each legislator that wastes a second of our state's dollars and time attempting to make this a more important issue than some of the truly pressing matters facing this state is going to politically destroyed. If they think otherwise, they are sadly mistaken. These pathetic, emotionally-derived political crusades are exactly what makes businesses and individuals laugh at our state and ultimately refuse to do business with us.

The ultimate outcome of this for the crusaders will be more gibberish that only ever so slightly trims our name options through our university officials. No one can control signage, apparel or any written or verbal choices made by the fans. Our opponents already jack with names, just as they and we do with everyone else. That matters not.

I think the ultimate outcome of this is that we will be allowed to use "Louisiana Ragin Cajuns" and once that is provided to media, they will clearly understand they no longer have to abbreviate our name in the other 25 versions. They can say "Louisiana" and "Ragin Cajuns" alone or together.

[Hammer58]

I also enjoyed the comment from the Carl Coussan, English instructor. I guess he must be one of the holdovers from the Authement regime worrying about boosters taking over.

Maybe TJoe should call Carl in for a Come to Jesus meeting. Get with the program or find employment elsewhere.

[Just1More]

Yeah, you'd think out of respect to Gautreaux and Mellington (hell, to the University and the city), he'd suppress the need to comment.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T... we need to get Aretha to sing with the POA for halftime at the NO Bowl.

I'm beginning to see a massive fan reaction to all of this that will serve to seriously make these whiners wish they'd have kept their mouths' shut.

[bigearl]

Not to be Debby downer, but where in this article does t say the DA will refer to us as Louisiana? All I saw was "DA committed to calling us university of Louisiana at Lafayette first mention then UL."

Please tell me I'm missing something. I believe our local newspaper should be leading the charge behind "WE ARE LOUISIANA."

[bigearl]

Makes him even more of a douche.

Floursham is a native of Monroe and an alumn of ULM also- SHOCKER HUH? Dude is a complete tool.

http://goeldorado.com/chamberstaff/Henry-Florsheim