OU plans crackdown on merchandise sales

MrBigglesworth, that was funny as O.U. botched AOTH thing so much that they seriously considered charging O.U.'s athletic licensing department with impersonating a police officer, which is what they essentially did. It fowled up their case so much that they could not possibly charge the people who were supposedly selling counterfeit goods.
If you want to hear something funny, I worked for O.U. from 2001 to 2003. I was a faculty assistant for my last two years. I mainly assisted with media work. We were told by the athletic department we were NEVER to use the official OU logo that featured O over U in any of our official media products used by the department. If you remember they changed the font from rounded edges to bezselled edges. So, we started using the rounded edges because they had no problems with us using an unofficial O over U. They are pretty serious if they will not let their own colleges use the logo.

According to "the Collegiate Licensing Company" the website you the DOK gives for reference, OU has not been ranked any higher than No. 11 or No. 12 "in the country" for awhile. Guess it's just more of the typical Oklahoma B.S. propaganda that comes sweeping down the plains and never seems to end.

Let's just separate the entertainment money-makers from the school--the money likely does not benefit the academic side anyway, since these funds usually just go to pay for other athletic dept issues. If the team were just a regular commercial football team, then the players could be paid for their work. Apparently, Oklahoma could support at least two such entertainment franchises and these teams have little or nothing to do with the genuinely university side of the universities. And let me suggest this, too: if you're getting a degree from a school other than OU or OSU, just remember that your academic programs suffer because of unjustified support for the sports schools--you shouldn't be wearing their logos anyway, since they don't want you as a student!

Who even wants to buy OU crap anymore. All they do is lose. Lets get Schnellenburger back, atleast then you could see a coach get drunk while they were losing

I want to be an undercover coper! That's awesome!

After the undercover copers bust the illegal merchants, they need to send the vice squad out to bust strip clubs that water down their beer. Then, they need to send the FBI out to investigate illegal bingo games. God, I feel so safe in OK.

I love how osu fans wear their blaze orange huntin' gear to games. "What, its orunge idnt it?"

what about the little league teams who wears the ou logo on their football teams,,,,,,,(reggie barns fomer sooner ) coaches a little league team in texas and they look like the sooners from head to toe

what a dumba$$ comment by "b"

Jiohdee said: "If they want bootleggin to stop they shOUld make it easier for people with a good idea or product to get it licensed!"

I AGREE!

Yes, all 5 bucks back for them counterfeit shirts...

So, can people get their money back for trips to bowl games that OU chokes?

A lot of time the unlicensed merchandise looks better than the licensed stuff. If they want bootleggin to stop they shOUld make it easier for people with a good idea or product to get it licensed!

You can make crafts or your own shirts, hats etc with the OU logo but you can't sell it. Selling it would put those that have bought the license at a disadvantage.

Carl - the Longhorn stickers were licensed how you choose to display it is up to you. However, by buying those stickers you are supporting the Longhorn athlectic dept.

they dont want anybody in prison, they want them to work and pay them big money for selling a couple t-shirts. this way they recive a lot more money then the few bucks they get selling them their selves.

This is a very serious criminal offense and I hope those caught doing it are sentenced to life in prison. Lock em up, throw away the key. Maybe chop their hands off too so they can't make any more of this merchandise.

What about Longhorn stickers for upside downing?

Keep losing and that'll solve the problem.

I wonder if they are going to cruise Affair of the Heart again this year, shutting down Blue Haired thieves with names like Beatrice, Maxine, Bertha, and Gladus.

I have trouble with the licensing of OU logo's when such is the property of the people in the first place!

I'm glad that the police are using their efforts to stop dangerous criminals. lol.

kevin, crimson isn't a primary color - using red is probably a good indication that merchandise is a counterfeit product.

A retailer in Kansas recently got in trouble for selling merchandise with the state name on it. Apparently he was using the wrong font and KU sued him for millions. They warned him to stop - so it's his fault. But if anyone is selling illegal merchandise - the University has the right to try and stop them.

In a word...yes. Get over it.