OT- Bellevue (WA) High School FB coach in hot water
When you win the state championship 11 times in 14 years, only an idiot would believe there isn't something fishy going on, but even after reading reports for the last year, I'm surprised by the scope of this, especially what appears to be outright denial and obstruction by school district staff, including the superintendent.
Does anyone know if these high schools have to license the name and/or winged helmets?
http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/bellevue-football-report…
Stephen Schilling played there.
Also, the rule is that the wings have to have a different shape than Michigan's helmet.
Logos have to be ok'd by schools. The high school I went to got sued by Miami for using the U without permission. Cost the school a lot of money to remove all the logos which was required.
We played against a team in high school in Ohio who wore the winged helmets, though in the school's red and blue colors. They rarely lost and always went deep in the state playoffs. Then the school officials bowed to pressure to not wear uniforms associated with Michigan. They have sucked ever since.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:07 AM ^
The West Geauga Wolverines (Chesterland, OH) have not given up on the helmet design, nickname, or fight song and they remain a decent program. They are officially blue, red, and white but the football uniforms have trended in a Michigan-PSU hybrid direction.
Bring back the U! the new logo is terrible
Yup, our class was the last one that had it around.
Utica?
April 27th, 2016 at 12:35 PM ^
I was wondering the same thing.
April 27th, 2016 at 12:41 PM ^
Yeah.
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April 26th, 2016 at 11:07 PM ^
they are perfect just as they are. we can go white/maize pants on the road, maybe wear blue pants at home once every, say 35 home games, but otherwise keep 'em just like they are.
here's a school district in WI that has an interesting take on ND's logo. Kind of cool it's a traditionally Polish town.
bowlers?
The Fighting Paczkis... or maybe the FIGTHING Paczkis.
Joseph...Blue...Puuuulllassskkiiiii!
All we are is dust in the wind.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:10 AM ^
Doors open on the left at Pulaski.
April 27th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
Stand clear of the closing doors please
...and mind the gap.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
Lol that's my high school. Was scrolling through and your post caught my eye. Go Red Raiders!
April 27th, 2016 at 11:24 AM ^
The local class AA powerhouse received a Cease and Desist from the University of Missouri for the Tiger logo.
http://www.pahomepage.com/news/southern-columbia-mascot-and-logo-makeover
HS boosters... in the state of Washington?!
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April 26th, 2016 at 11:36 PM ^
I want to note that this is the richest school district in the entire Northwest. This school district encompasses ultra-rich neighborhoods like Medina, which is home to Bill Gates. There is a lot of people with enough money to not even think twice about throwing tens of thousands of dollars to the football program. The booster program is pretty scary.
However, it is great for raising kids as school bonds never fail to pass. Just spent $250 million to rebuild one of the high schools and it is fantastic.
April 27th, 2016 at 12:51 AM ^
They are gonna feel silly in a few years when high school is all done online at home and they got a fancy new school rotting away.
You'll still have those on the dole that need their free babysitting. So sad that's their view on school as their children need it the most to get out of a bad situation.
Seriously though, that would be inequality unless we start giving away computers+internet and would eliminate many of the fixed costs of education Would also raise a generation even more socially awkward than mine, and I was raised by the internet.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:56 AM ^
I dont think this is as outrageous as you might think. My wife teaches in Orange County Public School system (Orlando, Fl), which is by no means a rich area. Every one of her students receive a MacBook Air that they must return at the end of the school year.
April 27th, 2016 at 11:51 AM ^
My daughter's Jr high starting in 7th grade gets a laptop every year that they have to return. This will be such a cost savings that it will happen in some places. I agree with the idea that education is self perpetuating, think how many college students, professors, etc that change would affect. However, we are spending billions on trying to teach graphing lines and diagramming sentences to young people who absolutely don't care.
April 27th, 2016 at 12:55 AM ^
I went to high school at Eastlake in sammamish, WA and we all knew something was up with them getting all these kids to just run through the 3A division with ease. There are some pissed off rich people about these investigations
I'm still waiting on Skyline to get some dirt too, they just restock every year as well.
Skyline's QB this fall just transferred from a HS in Florida. It is common knowledge he did so purely to play football here. Skyline produced Max Brown and Jake Heaps recently.
Doesnt every school in the country have some sort of booster club for fundraising?
Damn. That's messed up.
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Sounds like an OSU offer is coming soon to that lucky gentleman.
April 26th, 2016 at 10:16 PM ^
Or one from staee, as classes are somewhat optional for football players.
"One student’s address was at a Mail Plus store inside a Bellevue mall; at another address provided, people who lived there said the student athlete had never lived there. In one case, the investigators uncovered a falsified lease agreement used to establish residence in the district."
Dirtbags.
Some Buddy Garrity level shit right there
Excellent FNL reference there. +1
April 26th, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^
Lyla Garrity. Ohh la la.
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I was always a littlre more partial to Tyra. Trashy hot
Julie Taylor.
Aimee Teagarden is as close to proof of god's existence as I feel we are likely to get in this world. Well, her and Alison Brie.
Yeah, the Mail Plus thing is way over the top. Who does that and really believes they will get away with it forever?
I guarantee you, Michigan has the winged helmets trademarked in addition to their other logos and verbiage, which includes the name Michigan. While I don't see a reason to enforce it, it is well within Michigan's right to prohibit use of their images, and require high schools to apply to use them.
April 26th, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^
If you don't enforce it you lose it!
" A company that tolerates misuse of its marks by the public and/or fails to enforce quality control standards in any licensing of the mark may lose its trademark rights, and, therefore, one of its most valuable weapons in the war for market share."
Source: http://entrepreneurship.org/resource-center/protecting-trademarks-iii-e…
Key word there is "may." Also that is not the law, that is an interpretation of the law.
Why is it not Princeton's trademark? We took it from them. And even if we're talking colors too, slight changes to that are different enough to keep the legal teams away
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Don't forget Delaware.
Although I recall it might have had something to do with a Don Canham influence somewhere in their case.
April 27th, 2016 at 10:29 AM ^
How did we take it from them when it was brought to Michigan by the guy who created it?
It's not like Michigan saw it and copied/stole it.
IP aside, when I change jobs, if I use any skillset created at my previous employer at my next position, am I taking that too?
It's fairly common... either Michigan isn't enforcing its license or they have a lot of agreements.
This one always cracks me up:
http://www.helsinkiwolverines.com/
There are 12 other NCAA programs which use the winged helmet and a subset of those also use a similar color scheme.
IIRC, Hartland HS uses the the Michigan scheme.
This has been a point of contention from HS all the way up to the NFL... (I recall an article about GB objecting to UGA's logo recently). But high schools are allowed to use NFL logos if they are not altered.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101130/news/712019831/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/21/AR2010102106526.html
Cheating in sports? Dude hahaha it happens at all levels. Welcome to life.
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Terrelle Pryor?
You seem... nice.
This sounds like something that would happen deep in the heart of Texas, or at some powerhouse program in Florida. Not in Washington State. I didn't think enough people out there really cared about any team other than the Seahawks and maybe UW.
Truly amazing the lengths that people will go to, how many rules they'll break, the palms they grease, just to keep winning. The sad part is that this is what he'll be remembered for from now on. Not those 11 titles.
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