Other schools do this too. FYI-Here is an editorial regarding FSU cracking down on Bradenton Southeast High School's use of the Seminole logo: http://www.bradenton.com/2010/09/19/2587869/seminoles-vs-seminoles-logo-war.html
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:13 PM, John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> wrote: > I'm sure that it knows it now, but probably agreed to exclusivity language > as part of the licensing agreement thinking that it meant that Nike would > market UF merchandise, not Adidas, or something along those lines. > > However, exclusive means exclusive, and now UF finds its hands tied and has > to defend a practice that no prior licensee ever engaged in. > > -Zeb > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 12:34 PM, oli...@bobparks.com wrote: > > So, UF doesn't know this bad old company is putting the squeeze on these > poor defenseless high schools? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > *From: * John Vega <zebu...@gate.net> > *Sender: * gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Date: *Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:21:18 -0400 > *To: *<Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > *ReplyTo: * gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Subject: *[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] Gatornews From The Gainesville SUN > For 10/23, Courtesy of Shane Ford > > > On Oct 23, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Shane Ford wrote: > > VICKSBURG, Miss. — A collegiate licensing company that represents the > University of Florida has asked Vicksburg High School in Mississippi to stop > using its gator head logo. > > Vicksburg-Warren School Superintended Lisa Durant-Swinford says the school > has agreed to comply with the Florida Gators request, > > This article highlights a problem. > > The request didn't come from UF, it came from a third-party company that > has a licensing agreement with UF. > > The company makes the call and UF gets the bad press. > > UF has had multiple licensing agreements over the years, and none of the > prior companies felt the need to put the squeeze on high schools. > > I doubt the issue was even contemplated at the time that the last agreement > was executed. > > -Zeb > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us