rmackman Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I just noticed the Missouri Tigers completely copied the old Florida Marlins font for their wordmark:How often do you think this kind of thing happens? Any other examples you can think of? "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running." - Unknown | Check out my articles on jerseys at Bacon Sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee used the Brewers' old "Germanic" wordmark, but I understand that was with permission after the Brewers changed their logos. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad43dog Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Georgia using the packers G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb6 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Georgia using the packers Gwell... no one really knows who had the logo first.... unless someone has some proof i've never seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Georgia using the packers Gwell... no one really knows who had the logo first.... unless someone has some proof i've never seenCue the Georgia/Packer side conversation. Again. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES | 5th in HEISMAN | 7th in DRAFTS | 8th in ALL-AMER | 7th in WINS | 4th in BOWLS | 1st in SELLOUTS | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joechicago Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 At the big-time college level, I would think it's rare, as most of the schools have big-money deals with athletic companies who don't want to piss off their other clients. I imagine where there's a wordmark used, in-house counsel at the designer gets a license to clear up any issues.Speaking of which, Virginia Tech:Now, at the high school level and lower colleges, I'm sure outright stealing happens all the time. My own high school ripped off a pro team with impunity, and I believe it still does so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcb05 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Va Tech did an Astros-inspired look:Virginia/White Sox (pic 3) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lights Out Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 POTD: 2/4/12 3/4/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunaggie08 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Tulane uses the STL Cardinals idea of birds on a bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island_Style Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The VT/Astros uni and the "UVA"/Sox uni are bad ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Rhode Island Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I had no idea this type of thing was so prevalent in baseball. Rhode Island, Missouri, and TCU should be ashamed. The others, I'm going to assume, were one-off type things and the designs are so out of date who knows what the ownership situation is. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The VT/Astros uni and the "UVA"/Sox uni are bad ass.I would hope you started to type this before seeing that Tulane birds on bat. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee used the Brewers' old "Germanic" wordmark, but I understand that was with permission after the Brewers changed their logos.I didn't even know about that... frankly, I wish they'd just brand the entire athletic program with the old germanic fonts.We also used a "Panthers" version of the Padres script not too long ago, but there's nothing on Google images with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island_Style Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The VT/Astros uni and the "UVA"/Sox uni are bad ass.I would hope you started to type this before seeing that Tulane birds on bat.LOL, Actually I did. When I saw the Tulane pic after I posted my first thought was, "Wow, that's pretty bad ass, too." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coheed Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 I had no idea this type of thing was so prevalent in baseball. Rhode Island, Missouri, and TCU should be ashamed. The others, I'm going to assume, were one-off type things and the designs are so out of date who knows what the ownership situation is.I never even noticed that back when they were supplied by Under Armour.This season was the first season with Nike, and they just have a generic wordmark on all their jerseys now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicklas Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Purdue's baseball script resembles the Braves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Georgia using the packers Gwell... no one really knows who had the logo first.... unless someone has some proof i've never seen The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey week Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 All of these examples are more "inspired by" than "stolen", and I applaud all of them. There's some real creativity in adaptation here, and I love the Boilers sledgehammer-instead-of-tomahawk as much as I love Tulane's birds I'll respect any opinion that you can defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 The Western Mustangs hockey team uses an exact copy of the Minnesota Wild's alternates, with purple in place of green obviously: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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