I think it's justified then. To me, it's no different than Nevada-Reno branding themselves as University of Nevada.
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I think it's justified then. To me, it's no different than Nevada-Reno branding themselves as University of Nevada.
We already have a University of Louisiana; it is in Monroe.
They don't want it... their brand is ULM. (like UNLV). Why do we have a problem with this?Originally Posted by RougeDawg
Because it is against the law. A better question than the one you asked is why doesn't @ Lafayette go through the process of legally changing their name to the University of Louisiana, which would give them the right at that time to claim Louisiana as their moniker. A simple concept, actually. Your examples of Nevada and UNLV are not the same scenario as the situation with the ULXs. Also a simple concept.
Why is UNLV and Nevada not the same? I don't think LSU will let them legally change their name. They really don't need to change it if they are just going to brand themselves as "Louisiana." If it's against the law, then you would think the lawgivers would care more than Tech fans?
You were saying that ULM doesn't want the brand 'Louisiana,' correct? Which makes your question a very valid one....why does using ltu have such an lsu-ish issue with us using 'Louisiana?' It's already been proven, AD NAUSEAM, that this is not illegal, as the lsu law does not prohibit it, which the UL system president herself confirmed so that cannot logically be the answer.
And why is it that no one can answer the other very simple question as to why all three names can't be allowed in La, like every other state?
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They are nowhere close to the same situations.
Nevada is the University of Nevada. Their official name was University of Nevada for decades and decades. They were the only university in Nevada from 1874 until 1965 when their satellite campus became an autonomous institution. The University of Nevada is Nevada's land grant institution and Nevada's only Tier 1 university.
ULL is illegally claiming the University of Louisiana name. A state law says the only acceptable abbreviation for their name is ULL. That means that UL Lafayette, UL, Louisiana, and any other name or "brand" they come up with that's not ULL is illegal. That's the bottom line.
Tulane is the only school that's legally held the University of Louisiana name. ULL was founded after Tulane, LSU, Tech, Southern, and NWST to serve the people of southwestern Louisiana because we (Louisiana Tech, the Louisiana Industrial Institute) was so successful. ULL is not our land grant school. They aren't UL System's only Tier 1 university. We are. ULL isn't the UL System's oldest university. NWST is. Nothing about ULL is the University of Louisiana.
Why should we care? Because those illegal names undermine us, Louisiana Tech, to give the appearance that "UL" is the flagship and thus, the appearance Tech and all other UL System schools are beneath them. That's why the law was enacted. It's not the "LSU law" like ULL fans like to claim. It was passed to protect all of the universities in Louisiana because everybody knew ULL's agenda.
Why haven't lawmakers done anything? Because they don't want to risk their personal political future, they don't want death threats like ULL fans sent Tabby, and the state has problems much larger than this.
That does complicate things, but apparently nothing is going to be done about it.
Dude, c'mon, this has already been resolved in this thread AD NAUSEAM: there is NOTHING in ANY law that prohibits any school in La from using 'Louisiana' as a stand-alone name, period. The president of the UL System herself has also definetly stated that this is the case......maybe you just didn't see her letter that is re-posted in this very thread????
And it should also be EXTREMELY clear to everyone that there is now, and will ever be one 'flagship' school in this state...which is not ltu or us, lol. So to wet the bed in worry about this shows how just how very insecure you guys are about that as well.
Finally, your comment about that 'the state has problems much larger than this' would be downright laughable if not so depressing: never mind all the other issues we have, if they wanted to squash this they would.
Because there is not a law in Nevada as there is in Louisiana. If by lawgivers you mean the Legislature, their job is not to enforce the laws enacted. Why the University of Louisiana system folks don't enforce the law is a question I can't answer. Why the @Lafayette administration will not comply with the law they requested, lobbied for, and was granted is a better question.
Who says ULM wouldn't prefer the name Louisiana? ULM quite assuredly would prefer to be the University of Louisiana (which Louisiana certainly implies). However, ULM has chosen to comply with the law they agreed to when changing their name. Something @ Lafayette lacks the ethic to do. If @ Lafayette wears the uniform tonight with the UL emblem (sans @ Lafayette) on the cap and Louisiana on their jersey, they will clearly be in violation of the law. Again, why don't the @ Lafayette folks properly and legally change their name to the one they covet? That would make sense.
And THATS the way it is. Your logic, history, and explanation is inarguable and CORRECT. Why T1 refuses to understand is unbelievable. The @ Lafayette folks simply lack the capability.
It doesn't complicate things at all. The law is very specific. The @ Lafayette folks lack of ethics and disrespect of the law is what complicate things. It is really quite simple. The only thing that can be done about it is the U of L System properly enforce the law or a lawsuit if filed. Why the U of L System doesn't enforce the law is perplexing.
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