Michael Ferns and #Project135

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The speculation is over as Micheal Ferns has revealed the news everyone was speculating about yesterday. It may have been blown out of proportion by unrealistic expectations but still a pretty cool idea IMO.
 
 

The colors look a little off because of my camera, trust me when they’re right on #Project135pic.twitter.com/XqTbunVh

10:54 PM - 15 Feb 13 from Richland, OH, United States
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goblue_jb

February 15th, 2013 at 7:46 PM ^

since i just went through this myself in designing a shirt recently, might be worth pointing out to anyone unsure that the block M is a registered trademark of the university.  this of course means there are some details that must be adhered to when it comes to using the design legally.

i suppose not selling them negates some of the concern, but given the high profile nature of the shirts amongst the recruits, it is possible that young mr ferns might get a gentle conversation directed his way on the correct usage of copyrighted material from the powers that be.

other than, cool idea for the commits.

goblue_jb

February 16th, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^

i suppose the simplest advice is to be sure to used a U-M licensed vendor, there is a lengthy list of approved vendors.  Each of them know all the little details of what can and cant be done. (as i said initially, a lot of little things, such as the block M can't be altered in anyway, even things such as a width of an outline are strictly enforced, the circle R (®) must appear, etc etc).

i'm not trying to lay claim to being an expert on the topic by any means...

Wisconsin Wolverine

February 15th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^

I made some shirts through Underground Printing for my lab back at Michigan & they added the little (TM) so tiny you can barely see it next to the Michigan logo.  They said it was required.



Here at Wisconsin I recently designed some shirts for one of the surgical departments on customink.com - I wasn't the one who inquired, but one of us did check to see if we needed to include that next to the motion W, & nobody told us we had to.  So we didn't.

So yea, I dunno.  Way to be super helpful, Wisconsin Wolverine.



**Pats self on back.**

M_Jason_M

February 15th, 2013 at 8:22 PM ^

You can get up to 28 in a class in the B1G (25 + up to three early enrollees put in the class before if that class wasn't full) and up to 85 total. We'll have 16 spots to get to 85 from seniors leaving plus a spot for anyone who leaves the team. So maybe around or a little over 20 can be expected this year, depending on how many leave the team.

ILMichFan70

February 15th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^

Love this kid! Gotta love the way he's out there recruiting hard for Team #135. Interested to see how this all develops and what sort of effect it has. Hopefully very positive

MaizeNBlueTexan

February 15th, 2013 at 7:15 PM ^

I agree. As long as Ferns pays for the shirts himself, he can basically do anything he wants. However, if players currently on the tream try to get involved, thats where it can get hairy. 

I trust our coaching staff is all over this, and Ferns has been updated on what is and isn't allowed.

Jeff09

February 15th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^

The enthusiasm of recent recruits for the program is really encouraging. Some may view this as a letdown from eg a commit, but this sort of thing tells me Hoke and co will prob have some serious staying power if they keep on this path

TESOE

February 15th, 2013 at 7:19 PM ^

Has any recruit done this before for any school?  This is pretty cool.  I think it's a great idea ... I'm glad he's getting it done early as well.

I want that shirt.