2014 Branding Fiasco: UL-Lafayette or UL-L (SBC Reference Guide)

[bravobb]

Here ya go. Happy reading.

http://bit.ly/1m68xtl

Jay, I know a lot of talk is being made about the 3 letter abbreviation or whatever, but what about the first reference ul lafayette? Why is this even a reference? Why not say Louisiana and that's it. I am sure there is good explanation and was curious if you knew. Regardless great read

[cajundiehard]

Too late now. T-Joe officially let Pandora out of the box. No going back now. The few news services that DID use Louisiana or UL will now follow the Sun Belt's recommendation of Louisiana-Lafayette and UL-L, and as Jay said, 15 years of work are now for naught.

It is like a big train... doesn't slow down/change so quickly.

Maybe there is a problem with ULA... so what about just LA, like Jay said in his blog?

Hell, we could let the Monrovians think the LA stands for Lafayette.

There ya go! Everybody happy now. Let's put this to bed.

[jumboragncajun]

I was six in 84, I could care less what happened almost 30 years ago.

You could care less? If so, explain. Or couldn't care less? Not a big deal, but who really pays that much attention meaningless verbiage? Certainly not "shyster" lawyers right?

[CajunRebel]

Uhhhh...that would be a no.

So I guess the hyphen is growing on you.

[CajunRebel]

Thanks Jay.

It seems like this is actually pretty damn fixable. What's stopping the Sun Belt from re-issuing the guidelines with LA?

[Damon]

Still very confused on the "nickname" being "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns"...
Are other schools using similar names there? Is it "Warhawks" in the guidelins, or is it "ULM Warhawks"?

[iedmunds]

Well said Jay.

They need to change ULL/UL-L to ULA. Done. Over. Duh!

Seems important to move quickly rather than let UL-L sink in.

ULA works
ULa works

Also, I personally think UL^ is cool. (The last digit is a "caret," which is available on all keyboards.)

If you squint, it looks like an A that is far off in the background. ...beats the hell out of UL-L.

UL^

But whether we go with ULa, ULA or UL^, we should fix it quickly.

[Turbine]

Here ya go. Happy reading.

http://bit.ly/1m68xtl

UL is on TV more than ever and just a cursory viewing tells you cannot get away with "The University does not have a two to four letter abbreviation."

LA is the 2 second no brainer that complies with everything and violates nothing.

Louisiana = LA

Even the postal service agrees.

Good read Jay, as usual.

[Turbine]

Instead of making himself look weak in the eyes of his supporters and critics alike, is named the school after himself. If T-Joe is good enough for Joe, Joseph, Joe Joe, Joey, or whatever the hell his name is, then why not for the school. Call us T-UL. Everyone in Louisiana who knows anything about Cajun culture would know that T-stood for "THE". That way we could use the excuse that we were using the cultural dialect in the name of the school or the sports teams. Everyone around here would know that T-UL would stand for The University of Louisiana, and yet the biggest detractors and critics could not say jack $h!+ because legally we wouldn't be using any formal means to refer to ourselves as UL or the university of Louisiana. It would have been a brilliant strategy. I would have bought a whole ficking wardrobe to support it. And it would have been a total knock it out the park grand slam.

Why not T-Joe? If you can call yourself T-Joe when your legal name is Joseph, then why can't you of all people nickname the sports teams T-UL? This would have not only made you look strong and courageous to your local supporters, it would have been a stroke of Cajun genius that would have set the town ablaze and sent your detractors screaming and running for cover. Giving up and compromising is not the way to win. It's the way to say we lost, but we didn't bleed our guts out in public. Being smart and putting the battle on your own terms in your own time is the way to win the battle. One day this administration will get that.

Clever Kyle.

The dyslexics at LA-T will object

[Bandwagon King]

Here ya go. Happy reading.

http://bit.ly/1m68xtl

Darn Jay. You missed your calling. If Nixon had you as his press secretary, he not only wouldn't have been impeached, he would have been a 3 term president.