WideRight Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Has anyone been following the branding competition for the proposed Spring football league A11FL (based on the A11 offense). They say they will be playing in Spring 2015 and apparently they have sought out some good designers to compete for the 8 starting franchise brands.They even bought the rights to most of the old USFL names (stealing them out from under the noses of the other proposed 2015 new league, a new USFL. That had to sting a little.)Some really good work and I think a few regulars from these boards.http://dribbble.com/search?page=4&q=a11fl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YelichGraphics Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 no haven't heard of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCoachArete Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Link doesn't seem to be working/active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrano123 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 They have team names yet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifty8_Black O Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here's some from Fraser Davidson that "ended up on the cutting room floor" unfortunately.http://dribbble.com/fraserdavidson/tags/a11flPretty solid for a start up league to actually seek out good branding for teams. They have a pretty nice website too, not to mention an overall interesting concept.Edit: my favorite of the proposed markshttp://dribbble.com/shots/1365539-Tampa-Bay-Bandits?list=tags&tag=a11fl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCoachArete Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 So, where are the logos that didn't hit the cutting room floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thanks, WideRight! I was beginning to think I was the only one who noticed these! I've seen some on different sites as well, like Behance. Some of the Michigan Panthers concepts were pushing the edge of infringement on Carolina's logo. I really like the LA Bombers helmet logo based on the old San Antonio Wings logo. The Oklahoma Herd logos could work well for a Jacksonville revamping. I've only seen one Invaders concept that was really tolerable but all of them aren't in Oakland colors or even the original Bay Area Invaders colors. Someone had a great Birmingham concept that I can't find anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here's some from Fraser Davidson that "ended up on the cutting room floor" unfortunately.http://dribbble.com/fraserdavidson/tags/a11flPretty solid for a start up league to actually seek out good branding for teams. They have a pretty nice website too, not to mention an overall interesting concept.Edit: my favorite of the proposed markshttp://dribbble.com/shots/1365539-Tampa-Bay-Bandits?list=tags&tag=a11flCheck out the new USFL website. They both have remarkably similar player graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCoachArete Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Will be interesting to see what cities the league settled on and if/big if, they actually get off the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 According to an email I got earlier this morning, they can play in any of the cities where the USFL teams were located and they can use the team names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCoachArete Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I wonder what they settled on then. If these logos are cutting floor, it will be interesting to see what they picked as final products? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think I gave y'all some incomplete info. Better to go to the US patent and trademark office website and enter the names of the original USFL teams. All but a few are owned by A11. The domains for the original teams belong to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I think one thing for certain no one will confuse the L.A. team with the Cowboys this time. Hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCoachArete Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 So do they have a final list of teams/logos up to this point that you are aware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I haven't contacted anyone in A11....and since I haven't been writing articles for a while, any sources I could have used aren't in contact with me. If I go by one statement from this morning, it would lead me to believe we may have another UFL situation(my words, not ones used in the email). My guess....Generals, Bandits, Panthers, Swarm and Stars will be the east. Invaders, Express/Bombers, Wranglers and two transplants/original teams in the west. Akron could still be in play in 2015 but this year they have chosen a different road. San Diego was one of the original USFL franchises along with San Francisco but ownership issues moved them to other locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrano123 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I did some digging and found that the directors of the A11FL had taken copyrights out on nicknames from several locations. Like, for instance, Birmingham Stallions (obvious reasons) and also the Louisville Stallions (youth hockey league) like they are trying to lock up the stallions name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'd be willing to bet quite a few Generals TMs have been snapped up as well. That's probably their stratagy. They'll try to place a team in the original cities and if they can't or the team doesn't make it, they have an automatic backup location....if they are going the single entity route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrano123 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'd be willing to bet quite a few Generals TMs have been snapped up as well. That's probably their stratagy. They'll try to place a team in the original cities and if they can't or the team doesn't make it, they have an automatic backup location....if they are going the single entity route.They have taken NY and NJ generals both. So yeah I think you are right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 The domains for the original teams belong to someone else.Gee... wonder who you could be referring to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwmoore Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 The domains for the original teams belong to someone else.Gee... wonder who you could be referring to... LOL.....wackadoodle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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