First Time in memory: Louisiana Gear #1 in Lafayette

[CajunJack55]

From what I understand the stores like Academy sell only licensed merchandise. The license is granted by the university only to companies who manufacture goods that comply with the legal restrictions on the name thing resulting in the hyphen, etc. The university receives money from the licensed merchandise whereas the other more popular mds is unlicensed therefore our school receives nothing from those sales. When one sees a shirt, for example, with just University of Louisiana then it is not a licensed product (school cant allow it) and there is money down the drain for the athletic dept. Someone, somehow, some way must agree on some display of the name in a way that it meets the legal dictates and can be licensed so the school can realize the financial benefits.

Easy solution...Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. Not illegal. No hyphen.

[Turbine]

The license is granted by the university only to companies who manufacture goods that comply with the legal restrictions on the name thing resulting in the hyphen, etc.

This is an example of where everyone is tripping over themselves so hard trying to be legal but in so doing are breaking the law.

Hyphens are illegal in that they are a variation of "at."

UL should start selling academic shirts if they want the full blown (unrequired) name so bad.

jmo

[CajunNation]

Unless Academy's selection quality has improved substantially, it is still junk. The 20 % they would have was not worth buying.

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[RedCajun]

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That's more of what I was referring to. The yellow flame crap

[dumbfounded]

Easy solution...Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. Not illegal. No hyphen.

That is exactly what I am talking about. However, do you know if the school has the copy wright to that term? They would need the legal title to the term before being able to prohibit its use other than to those whom they have a license agreement. Otherwise, anyone can duplicate it and the school wont get a cent.

[Ragin4U]

Commented on Chops facebook. They are UL ticket holders and claim to support both schools so I guess we are good.

[cajunfan337]

Let's not beat up on the local advertisers. They could be loyal Cajun supporters. They may have run an LSWho ad because they were playing at home and we were in Oxford.

Yeh, because that's what small businesses do. Spend tons of money on week to week specific radio advertisement.

/sarcasm

[Cajun_RH]

From what I understand the stores like Academy sell only licensed merchandise. The license is granted by the university only to companies who manufacture goods that comply with the legal restrictions on the name thing resulting in the hyphen, etc. The university receives money from the licensed merchandise whereas the other more popular mds is unlicensed therefore our school receives nothing from those sales. When one sees a shirt, for example, with just University of Louisiana then it is not a licensed product (school cant allow it) and there is money down the drain for the athletic dept. Someone, somehow, some way must agree on some display of the name in a way that it meets the legal dictates and can be licensed so the school can realize the financial benefits.

This is why I go out of my way to go to the Red Zone. ALL of the profit made on my purchases stay with the university.

[GreatestStory]

Just to add to this. I heard a radio commercial for Chops. A meat market in Broussard I think. The spiel was that you could get everything you needed for tailgating at Tiger Stadium or The Box at Chops. I didnt hear the entire commercial so they may have mentioned UL in the beginning but.... I dont think so.

I know the owner of Chops, he also owns Keystone Services and Railside Feed & Supply. He has 17 LSU season tickets, I think most are in the Stadium Club.

Now I am not saying that they "do not support" the Cajuns, but I have never seen him (or any of his children) at a UL football game.

[cajunhawk]

Commented on Chops facebook. They are UL ticket holders and claim to support both schools so I guess we are good.

The clientele they serve is prolly close to 90% LSU. Once you get out of Lafayette city limits you stop seeing Red and White. Can't blame them for endearing themselves to their base.