JohnboyND7 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Honestly the NCAA should give then until the start of 15-16 academic year and say if you don't have one by then you are going on the naughty list. That should expedite the process no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibleedgreen Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Honestly the NCAA should give then until the start of 15-16 academic year and say if you don't have one by then you are going on the naughty list. That should expedite the process no? UND is already on NCAA's naughty list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/2014/12/simply-being-und-one-of-nickname-options.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZTZqA+%28Goon%27s+World%29 ugh This is not an option. If we do that, this issue will just keep coming up over and over and over again. That is a distraction we don't need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Change ur name ur a disgrace to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niouxsiouxfan Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If you don't want a name to be considered, go trademark it. Then it's off the list?Sounds like it's going to be a difficult "process" to find a new name unique to UND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightingsioux4life Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Change ur name ur a disgrace to it What? Did you just tell me what username I will or will not use on this forum? Do not go there. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnboyND7 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 UND is already on NCAA's naughty list. I mean no hosting playoffs and all that. How upset would you folks be if in a couple years you have a good football team and can't host a playoff game? Shouldn't take a three year cool off plus two more years. On the bright side, I think darell is going to lose an AGS bet out of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 or what ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If I'm not mistaken the tribe hold all licensing and trademarks. Uh, no. From the Settlement, page 8, paragraph j "Intellectual Property", basically: - UND retains (must retain) all rights to the trademarks (of logo and old name) - UND has the right to transfer it to a tribe if they so choose - UND must take actions to protect the trademark as long as it possesses it http://www.ag.nd.gov/ncaa/SettlementAgreement.pdf To my knowledge UND has not transferred the rights to any tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdub27 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/2014/12/simply-being-und-one-of-nickname-options.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZTZqA+%28Goon%27s+World%29 ugh Wow, terrible. Nice strawman argument saying that the new nickname will be "silly, moronic, boring" and that being the sole basis of why UND should not pick a new nickname. And assuming that no one will get behind it is patently false. Guessing that there are many people at other colleges (Arkansas State, Dartmouth, Marquette, Miami, etc) and high schools (GF Central) who claimed the same thing when they went through a change and no one would get behind a new nickname as well. Personally, I hope that the committee doesn't truly believe that no nickname is not an option and they are just trying to appease a few people. Even if they do think its an option, I'm confident those elected by the stakeholder's will understand why it isn't. For those who claim a bad nickname is the reason they won't support the University of North Dakota, I don't think their support will be missed much.* *For reference: See the threat of no more donations from people when the nickname was changed and then compare it to what direction the level of contributions has went the last few years (hint: it continues to grow). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think it is clearly a lot more than a few 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 http://www.grandforksherald.com/news-education/task-force-outlines-plan-pick-new-nickname-3631898 The group addressed the possibility of a name getting trademarked by another entity during some sort of voting process, but Jeno said that would simply mean that name would no longer be in the running. Oh my..... Ok, I don't know what goes into getting a "thing" trademarked.....but how difficult (or simple?) will it be for anyone who sees the list of nickname options to simply go and trademark the ones they don't like? Ok, a little internet research shows it may not be all that simple, so maybe that concern is minor... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The great philosopher Homer Simpson once said: “Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.” He also said that beer is the cause of, and the solution to all of life's problems. I think I'll have a beer or two tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreyAnt41 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 http://www.grandforksherald.com/news-education/task-force-outlines-plan-pick-new-nickname-3631898 Oh my..... Ok, I don't know what goes into getting a "thing" trademarked.....but how difficult (or simple?) will it be for anyone who sees the list of nickname options to simply go and trademark the ones they don't like? Ok, a little internet research shows it may not be all that simple, so maybe that concern is minor... Yea, quite a bit goes into it. Plus, in order to keep a trademark you have to actually use it. That's why UND has to continue production Sioux gear with the old logo on it. Otherwise the trademark will expire. At least that's how I understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Change ur name ur a disgrace to it I don't know about the disgrace part, but this sounds reasonable to me....Better find an acceptable nickname, and no nickname isn't an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 & I have a Dremel tool he can use to get that stuff off his nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperdouper Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 The NCAA is incredible, nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. I support UND to the end but I would like to see both Kelly and Fiason find new jobs as well as the ND Attorney General. Time to clean house and start new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 "Don't hate the player, hate the game." It's the NCAA's game. They're a private club. They can make as many arbitrary and capricious rules as they like. The majority of the members went for it and those are the rules now. Do they make any logical sense? They don't have to. Again, private club. Clarence Darrow could've represented UND and Tom Clifford could've still been president, but the way the NCAA set up the game, they'd have lost too. We played; we lost: Man up and move on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Happy reading!! https://hlc.und.edu/sites/logo/SitePages/Home.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericpnelson Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 http://www.grandforksherald.com/news-education/task-force-outlines-plan-pick-new-nickname-3631898 Oh my..... Ok, I don't know what goes into getting a "thing" trademarked.....but how difficult (or simple?) will it be for anyone who sees the list of nickname options to simply go and trademark the ones they don't like? Ok, a little internet research shows it may not be all that simple, so maybe that concern is minor... Goon is currently filing the trademark office for Sundogs as we speak 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Goon is currently filing the trademark office for Sundogs as we speak Yeah, I don't think so. I hate that name. It would be a horrible moniker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I highly doubt you could trademark a word like sundog - even UND doesn't own the trademark to Sioux, what they own is Fighting Sioux and the logo(s) that have been created over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I should get the rights to the name "Screaming Weasels" and make a fortune. Retire to the Carribean. Watch "Screaming Weasel" hockey on my sattelite dish, with a cold one in one hand while swinging in a hammock with a hot super model. Oh, I have a plan.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericpnelson Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I highly doubt you could trademark a word like sundog - even UND doesn't own the trademark to Sioux, what they own is Fighting Sioux and the logo(s) that have been created over the years. legal schmegal that's an allusion for any Hobbit fans out there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Did a quick domain search and UNDSUNDOGS.COM is already registered. Originating from Twamley. The registration dates back to 2010. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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