NFL told Houston to stop using Oilers-inspired uniform

[Mizak]

Sources: NFL tells UH to halt Oilers-inspired uni

The NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Houston Cougars for their usage of uniforms that resemble those of the old Houston Oilers, sources confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[Maulbert]

Sources: NFL tells UH to halt Oilers-inspired uni

The NFL sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Houston Cougars for their usage of uniforms that resemble those of the old Houston Oilers, sources confirmed to ESPN.

www.espn.com

F the Titans and the Adams family. Those unis, by their own choice, have no serious link with Nashville or the Titans. When they changed the name, both it and the uniforms should've been given to Houston if they wanted them. Even that f-wit Behring intended to drop the Seahawks names and colors when he tried to steal them.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

The NFL should tell Tennessee to stop using Oiler inspired uniforms.

What a slap in the face to Houston fans seeing the team that got stolen from them using their old beloved uniforms.

 

[kidhawk]

You guys do realize that they are talking about the University of Houston, not the Houston Texans, right?

The NFL isn't about to give up their intellectual property rights to a college team. If this were the Texans wanting them, I'm sure the NFL would quietly work something out between the teams, but I believe this was worked out before the Texans even named their franchise.

Bottom line is the NFL will protect their rights from non NFL entities. This isn't a shocker in the least, and I don't really blame them.

BTW, IMO the Titans are dumb for holding onto that. Once they moved, nobody really associates them with the Oilers any more. They have a new fan base and should concentrate on them. The Oilers (assuming the Texans don't want to be a part of it) should live in history.

 

[sutz]

Then they should go after Iowa for using Steeler colors for the last 50 years or so.

 

[Flyingsquad23]

Nationals own Expos history, Tennessee owns Oilers history and OKC owns Sonics history… that the way the cookie crumbles.
With that said I sure hope Seattle has a plan to get that history back now that a new team is on the way.

 

[JPatera76]

Then they should go after Iowa for using Steeler colors for the last 50 years or so.

HEY NOW!.. i agree. Coach Kirk Ferentz for iowa specifically stated those uniforms were modelled after the steelers and their winning culture that he wanted to replicate in iowa... I hate them lol "shrug" they're ugly plain and stupid.. like the cheating ass steelers.

 

[sc85sis]

Rice also wore Oiler-inspired jerseys in a game this season but haven’t gotten a cease and desist.

 

[MORGULON]

F the Titans and the Adams family. Those unis, by their own choice, have no serious link with Nashville or the Titans. When they changed the name, both it and the uniforms should've been given to Houston if they wanted them. Even that f-wit Behring intended to drop the Seahawks names and colors when he tried to steal them.

If the NBA ever comes back to Seattle ,
They HAVE to be the Sonics .

All or nothing .

 

[kidhawk]

If the NBA ever comes back to Seattle ,
They HAVE to be the Sonics .

All or nothing .

I believe when the Sonics left they relinquished their rights to that name and logo back to the NBA.

 

[Threedee]

If ATM can own 12th Person, then, the Houston Cougars should have free reign to wear Oiler colors.

 

[AROS]

If we get a team back in the NBA and it's not the Sonics with their history/colors/logos then the NBA will remain dead to me to my dying day.

 

[ivotuk]

I now expect Tennessee and the NFL to go after high school teams wearing NFL "colors."

 

[MORGULON]

If we get a team back in the NBA and it's not the Sonics with their history/colors/logos then the NBA will remain dead to me to my dying day.

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