Nearly twenty years in the past, the Houston Oilers left the town and took their nickname with them. And they don’t need somebody to even use the colour scheme that is going with that identify and emblem.
Via Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle, the NFL has despatched a cease-and-desist letter to the University of Houston for using the Oilers’ throwback “Luv Ya Blue” uniform.
The NFL has threatened prison motion if the University of Houston does no longer prevent the allegedly “blatant copying” of Oilers throwback jerseys. The league additionally desires the varsity to “discontinue all sales of merchandise and remove any promotional campaign or social media posts that feature the popular light blue, or Columbia blue, with red stripes color scheme and design.”
The University of Houston wore the uniforms on September 2. The NFL’s letter contends that it knowledgeable the varsity seven months previous that it does no longer consent to the use of the uniforms or identical designs.
The faculty says that the jerseys are “part of a nostalgic moment, paying homage to a bygone era in the city’s football history while also recognizing the city’s connection to the light blue that was a recognizable fixture for years in the Houston Police Department.”
Regardless of the place the legislation comes down in this, it’s the newest reminder that soccer isn’t “family.” Football is industry. And the NFL is within the industry of ensuring that, as to somebody who desires to purchase a jersey that seems to be like the jersey the Oilers used to put on (and that the Titans will put on two times this yr), the one approach to get it’s to purchase it from the NFL or the Titans.
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