Louisiana vs Texas A&M

[ZoomZoom]

Sent in a complaint at that website. Will publish their response

I went the ugly route. Nice does not work. I expect ZERO response. I did ask the $64 question...who.
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First time for me. I'm that disgusted with ESPN.

It has become more than obvious your organization has ZERO respect for the use of "Louisiana" on the part of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Not once did I hear Texas-Austin (or other hyphens) this weekend. Please don't send me a condescending email, it's gotten that obvious. Your staff comes to our parks, see "Louisiana" on the field, scoreboard, stadium, uniforms but yet it's like Louisiana alone is curse word to you people.

This weekend's softball coverage was a disgusting race to see which one of your announcers could say Lafayette the most. Our staff has made their wishes clear multiple times to use a legal name, yet it goes ignored by ESPN. Your studio guy took it to a new low...Lafayette Cajuns. BTW, Fox gets it right most of the time.

It's almost as if using "Louisiana" alone will get someone fired at ESPN this year.

To my question...Who is the road block at ESPN? And should I just cut the cord now?

[Cajunrunner]

And you know what? There's the rub right there.

As all of you know, no one has more passion for "Louisiana" than I do. And, for years, I fought that fight. As recently as the South Al series, I got with the PA guy and he asked what we wanted to be called. My response was, we brand athletically as Louisiana. Told him the University of wasn't necessary.

I can live with anything other than ULL or Lafayette.

But I don't go out of my way anymore. When the leader of my university is willing to stand up and fight, I will as well.

But it's difficult to get anything done when the guy at the top doesn't push it.

Bingo.

[Big Buds]

I feel an email to T-Joe is imminent.

[Cajunmac]

I went the ugly route. Nice does not work. I expect ZERO response. I did ask the $64 question...who.
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First time for me. I'm that disgusted with ESPN.

It has become more than obvious your organization has ZERO respect for the use of "Louisiana" on the part of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Not once did I hear Texas-Austin (or other hyphens) this weekend. Please don't send me a condescending email, it's gotten that obvious. Your staff comes to our parks, see "Louisiana" on the field, scoreboard, stadium, uniforms but yet it's like Louisiana alone is curse word to you people.

This weekend's softball coverage was a disgusting race to see which one of your announcers could say Lafayette the most. Our staff has made their wishes clear multiple times to use a legal name, yet it goes ignored by ESPN. Your studio guy took it to a new low...Lafayette Cajuns. BTW, Fox gets it right most of the time.

It's almost as if using "Louisiana" alone will get someone fired at ESPN this year.

To my question...Who is the road block at ESPN? And should I just cut the cord now?

I sent basically the same email. I also referenced ESPN's use of the Lafayette Leopards logo for UL two years ago in our bowl game against Tulane. I also asked when Sports Center would start showing highlights of the Oklahoma v. Austin games, or Oregon v. Berkeley games. I did not ask about when they would begin their coverage of Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge football. Again, I am not a big name guy, but the "Lafayette Ragin Cajuns" was just too much.

[CajunT]

I feel an email to T-Joe is imminent.

Let me say this because I'm not interested in discouraging people from emailing Dr. Savoie, but it is a known fact that many emails sent to him have been scanned and filtered by his main subordinate in his office. How do I know this? Because that person has confronted several people that I know, that have sent emails to the president. How could this person know the content of those emails unless she had read them? I understand why he may do this, but it doesn't give me great confidence that he reads a large number of emails outside of his close circle of peers and subordinates.

[Turbine]

I went the ugly route. Nice does not work. I expect ZERO response. I did ask the $64 question...who.
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First time for me. I'm that disgusted with ESPN.

It has become more than obvious your organization has ZERO respect for the use of "Louisiana" on the part of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Not once did I hear Texas-Austin (or other hyphens) this weekend. Please don't send me a condescending email, it's gotten that obvious. Your staff comes to our parks, see "Louisiana" on the field, scoreboard, stadium, uniforms but yet it's like Louisiana alone is curse word to you people.

This weekend's softball coverage was a disgusting race to see which one of your announcers could say Lafayette the most. Our staff has made their wishes clear multiple times to use a legal name, yet it goes ignored by ESPN. Your studio guy took it to a new low...Lafayette Cajuns. BTW, Fox gets it right most of the time.

It's almost as if using "Louisiana" alone will get someone fired at ESPN this year.

To my question...Who is the road block at ESPN? And should I just cut the cord now?

There is a news article coming out soon about kickbacks in the advertizing industry. Not related to UL's situation but related to the age old "follow the money" claim.

The disuse of Louisiana is so blatant, I would not be surprised to someday find out these "national" media reporters were paid to silence use of Louisiana.

[31Ragin97]

I think it is related!! cant wait, please post the links!

[Duggie35]

It kind of makes you wonder why the University spends time and effort publishing a "Media Guide" if the Media refuses to use the damn thing.

[zephyr]

I feel an email to T-Joe is imminent.

Or irrelevant. He seems to have been unaffected in his course in recent years in regards to this issue. Doubt any letters or emails going to him will get us anywhere.

[Zeebart21]

I feel an email to T-Joe is imminent.

Brother, he will not see it. His watch dog reads his emails, and I promise you she is very protective of her boss.

Z