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
>
>
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