2024 Offseason

[FOTY]

Should have stuck with D+. Even DMACC wouldn’t want that.

[PantherAlum09]

Update on Drake: they're locked in a legal battle with a community college over the use of the letter D as a logo. Not sure where the upside is with that, but that's what they're doing.

This is actually more common than you might realize. I remember Wisconsin doing the same thing because Waukon used the same font/style W for their helmets and logo. Those schools protect their brand like crazy.

[clenz]

This is actually more common than you might realize. I remember Wisconsin doing the same thing because Waukon used the same font/style W for their helmets and logo. Those schools protect their brand like crazy.

Which is hilarious when you consider how little they actually do protect it given there are hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands of schools and sports clubs across the nation that that just straight rip logos from everyone else.

Go look at what Sicko's is doing with the HS logos by state map. Roughly 1% of all logos are original/not a straight rip off of a pro/college logo.

[UNIpanther99]

Which is hilarious when you consider how little they actually do protect it given there are hundreds/thousands/tens of thousands of schools and sports clubs across the nation that that just straight rip logos from everyone else.

Go look at what Sicko's is doing with the HS logos by state map. Roughly 1% of all logos are original/not a straight rip off of a pro/college logo.

Some universities allow it pretty openly... Kansas State I think asks schools to send them $5 a year for usage of the Wildcat logo. Wisconsin and Iowa are known for pretty rabidly going after anyone using the action W or the tigerhawk. The Georgia/Green Bay "G" is commonly used.

Monticello uses the old UNI panther logo integrated with a block M. It looks pretty good and I doubt anyone from the university knows or cares.

[Newsbreaker]

This is actually more common than you might realize. I remember Wisconsin doing the same thing because Waukon used the same font/style W for their helmets and logo. Those schools protect their brand like crazy.

I am not an IP or trademark attorney, but my understanding is you have to meet some minimum standard of protecting your mark (which often means suing some fool) to maintain it. As someone else said, Wisconsin has been pretty aggressive; I think they either sued or threatened to sue Waukee many years ago.

But admitting someone might confuse Drake and DMACC is a pretty hilarious self-pwn.

[clenz]

I am not an IP or trademark attorney, but my understanding is you have to meet some minimum standard of protecting your mark (which often means suing some fool) to maintain it. As someone else said, Wisconsin has been pretty aggressive; I think they either sued or threatened to sue Waukee many years ago.

But admitting someone might confuse Drake and DMACC is a pretty hilarious self-pwn.

That's part of the reason UND is still forced to produce/sell items with the Fighting Sioux logo/wordmark. Even though they can't use it or any of that they must continue to sell a legacy collection of items with it on there otherwise they lose the ability to enforce the marks.

Now, UND is UND and they want to sell it anyway so it's a convenient loophole for them.


But yeah, D+ is D+ for a reason.

[ronfitch]

Some universities allow it pretty openly... Kansas State I think asks schools to send them $5 a year for usage of the Wildcat logo. Wisconsin and Iowa are known for pretty rabidly going after anyone using the action W or the tigerhawk. The Georgia/Green Bay "G" is commonly used.

Monticello uses the old UNI panther logo integrated with a block M. It looks pretty good and I doubt anyone from the university knows or cares.

Such a great logo …

https://d3vbd4zrteu05a.cloudfront.net/uploads/production/school/16004/image/Monticello__IA__Panthers.png

[Username]

Slightly switching topics, we can all agree our fight song clears the rest of the state?

Song hits hard.

[nadf.]

Teams should at least have the decency to change the logo a little bit. That's what the Charlotte Bobcats did when they ripped off the UNI logo.

I'm not a big fan of any of the fight songs in the state, but at least we're not singing about wearing the D like Drake fans do.

[BCPanther]

Haley Langstraat promoted to Director of Basketball Operations (DOBO)

Ike Hermer moved to Video Coordinator which is now an on-court coaching position and makes him eligible to be on the road recruiting.

['70 Grad]

She does a nice job. Good for her!

[nadf.]

DMACC now countersuing Drake for defamation

Drake is really locked in a battle with that community college over who gets to wear the D

Come on guys, can't we settle this out of court? DMACC can have the D, Drake gets to keep wearing the D+. That is what I would do as the arbitrator.

[PantherAlum09]

There's a really great video showing some behind the scenes footage of the offseason work the guys are doing. It's really well done. Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXDyJhQ0grc

[BCPanther]

We've got a new Austin Hansen in Davis.

Let's actually pay him real American Dollars after he graduates and not make the same mistake.

[kochrab]

We've got a new Austin Hansen in Davis.

Let's actually pay him real American Dollars after he graduates and not make the same mistake.

Good promotional video stuff goes a really long way.