NormMacdonald 724 Posted June 24, 2019 Nikes been knocking it out of the park as of late. UConn has great color balance. Solid look for a team thats future is in doubt 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SportsLogos.Net News 591 Posted June 24, 2019 UConn Huskies Unveil New Football Uniforms June 24, 2019 - 01:34 AMOn Sunday evening — just one day after it was reported that UConn will leave the American Athletic Conference and rejoin the Big East in 2020 — the Huskies unveiled brand new football uniforms. Never mind the UConn football program […] Read More... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjd77 1,540 Posted June 24, 2019 If your athletic department is $41 million in debt, it's time to fold your non-competitive football program. Is athletic department debt like that common? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,151 Posted June 24, 2019 It’s time to fold everything but club sports, at that point. It’s clear that UConn’s priorities are seriously out of whack. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sykotyk 954 Posted June 24, 2019 Shame they took down their old stadium. Could join the Mac with UMass for football only and cut expenses to the bone. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dfwabel 4,155 Posted June 24, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, mjd77 said: If your athletic department is $41 million in debt, it's time to fold your non-competitive football program. Is athletic department debt like that common? Yes. But even debt is not always a negative. All of the public schools in the Big XII carry debt, mostly because they finance construction projects with bonds they must pay off and have the revenues to fulfill the debt. Case in point, the University of Texas generates over $200M in revenue annually, but still has over $190M in debt. OTOH, in 2017, North Texas had $63M in department debt but also saw each sport operate at a financial loss only to be bailed out with student fees and direct university support. If they are not considered a university department, but rather an auxiliary and self-financing, they may be in debt to the university itself. As for budget deficits from year to year, that is common too. UConn is pretty unique. Edited June 24, 2019 by dfwabel 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Germanshepherd 1,033 Posted June 24, 2019 If UConn does go away from FBS, they'll be going out in style. Great look. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CLEstones 628 Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 8:23 PM, BJ Sands said: That’s what the Browns should’ve done. These are great. How do copyright laws work? Would the Browns be able to steal this look in a couple years? Or is there some sort of restrictions/patents? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff 575 Posted June 24, 2019 Copyright laws wouldn't be the issue. Nike tripping over their own dick and not wanting to stick an NFL team in a look they made for a college team would be the only hurdle. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDGP 2,795 Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, CLEstones said: How do copyright laws work? Would the Browns be able to steal this look in a couple years? Or is there some sort of restrictions/patents? Generally copyright law doesn't apply to fashion outside of certain specific, unique textile designs. Trademark wouldn't really apply here either because while a team technically could argue something like trade dress, simply wearing those stripes the way they do is in no way unique (Hell, the Browns wore a look like this long before Syracuse). The Browns look also would have many elements that would make it instantly recognizable as not being the Syracuse look (color, logos, potentially team name on the jersey, nfl branding, etc.). There are potentially elements that could be trademarked if they are in fact unique, like the color scheme, but a different team at a completely different level of football wearing a different color scheme won't be confused with Syracuse. Patents have nothing to do with anything here. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,801 Posted June 24, 2019 1 hour ago, CLEstones said: How do copyright laws work? Would the Browns be able to steal this look in a couple years? Or is there some sort of restrictions/patents? If multiple colleges can use the same jersey design (Ohio State's old jerseys and Iowa's), a pro team using it shouldn't be an issue. I could see tehm changing the pattern slightly for the jerseys and pants to fit the Browns though. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
djam2410 677 Posted June 24, 2019 Cal is also in serious financial trouble with their stadium renovation they did. They decided to pay for it through people purchasing PSL's...a horrible plan not done by any other place building a stadium. Results in 18m+ a year that must be paid on stadium debt for next 15-25 years 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WSU151 9,828 Posted June 24, 2019 57 minutes ago, djam2410 said: Cal is also in serious financial trouble with their stadium renovation they did. They decided to pay for it through people purchasing PSL's...a horrible plan not done by any other place building a stadium. Results in 18m+ a year that must be paid on stadium debt for next 15-25 years Here's a good article https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2017/1/5/14172010/california-golden-bears-athletics-debt-service-finances-revenue 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eszcz21 589 Posted June 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Sykotyk said: Shame they took down their old stadium. Could join the Mac with UMass for football only and cut expenses to the bone. UMass hasn't been in the MAC since 2015, I'm pretty sure they're Independent. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echo 755 Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/22/2019 at 9:21 PM, dont care said: It’s always been orange, navy, and white, they just never wore mono orange until recently. Syracuse wore mono orange from 1949-1951 and again in 1958. Coach Ben Schwartzwalder thought the all-orange look helped camouflage the football when his team was on offense, giving them an advantage. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burgundy 2,117 Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/21/2019 at 8:22 PM, RyanMcD29 said: SYRACUSE ATHLETICS HAS ACTUALLY PULLED OFF A GREAT REBRAND (updated with new tweet due to SU Football putting down the first tweet for some reason) That's pretty much a perfect uniform set. Well done, Syracuse. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenjiJ 91 Posted June 24, 2019 UCONN looks great but I would love to see a little red. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mafiaman 1,900 Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Echo said: Syracuse wore mono orange from 1949-1951 and again in 1958. Coach Ben Schwartzwalder thought the all-orange look helped camouflage the football when his team was on offense, giving them an advantage. If only Coach had come up with the idea of orange turf... (I'll show myself out) 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mingjai 1,062 Posted June 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Lafarge said: Generally copyright law doesn't apply to fashion outside of certain specific, unique textile designs. Trademark wouldn't really apply here either because while a team technically could argue something like trade dress, simply wearing those stripes the way they do is in no way unique (Hell, the Browns wore a look like this long before Syracuse). The Browns look also would have many elements that would make it instantly recognizable as not being the Syracuse look (color, logos, potentially team name on the jersey, nfl branding, etc.). There are potentially elements that could be trademarked if they are in fact unique, like the color scheme, but a different team at a completely different level of football wearing a different color scheme won't be confused with Syracuse. Patents have nothing to do with anything here. Pretty much this. Trademark law absolutely applies here, but as you mention, in applying the law, there are issues as to whether any of the teams have a legally recognizable claim to a trade dress. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,801 Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Echo said: Syracuse wore mono orange from 1949-1951 and again in 1958. Coach Ben Schwartzwalder thought the all-orange look helped camouflage the football when his team was on offense, giving them an advantage. Is that 68 on the back of the helmet athletic tape? Also, Jim Brown with the original Otto Graham facemask, I'd never seen that before. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites