The debate is not without merit. All your examples are single letters with major font variables. When you get to interlocking duality of same letters with extremely minor font change you lose the identity war.
The best UL logo builds off of the original SLII logo from 100 years ago.
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I like your argument about using the logo as cementing our identity. That's a good point.
But what worries me, the letters examples above are all distinct... the serious college sports fan can glance at the different helmets and immediately identify the school.
On the other hand, if Louisville ever decides to take us to court over our interlocking UL, we're cooked. They're very hard to differentiate, and we don't even have the color differences to help us (Mizzou & Marshall would be hard to differentiate without the colors). The only thing that might save us, is that L'ville didn't step forward in a timely manner to protect their mark... and they may not have marked it with the ™.
But remember, McNeese used the Wyoming cowboy logo for a long time before Wyoming asked them to stop. If Louisville ever approaches us and asks us to stop, I think the Administration would probably comply.
Taht was the compromise: McNeese used to have just the Cowboy on a buckin' bronco, just like Wyoming. After Wyoming stepped in, MSU (I mean McNeese!) adopted a variation with the the "M", with Wyoming's approval of course. I don't remember when that was, but I'm sure one of our McNeese friends can give us the full scoop.
Isn't that mccheese logo missing a rider??
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