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Post by TheFireman89 on Jun 20, 2018 21:32:58 GMT -6
UL-Lafayette wants their sports teams to be referred to as "Louisiana Ragin Cajuns" even though they are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, not University of Louisiana. Now don't get me wrong I am a Ragin Cajuns fan and always will be but this irks me because its like they are trying to brand themselves as U of L even though they aren't. I believe it is a slap in the face to UL-Monroe and the other schools in the U of L system. I also believe that Louisiana College has a more legitimate case to having their sports teams referred to as "Louisiana Wildcats." What do you think? Does UL-L deserve to be called just Louisiana? Should they stick with Louisiana-Lafayette or UL-Lafayette? Should Louisiana College be the team referred to as Louisiana?
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Post by irish84 on Jun 21, 2018 3:37:25 GMT -6
Never realized UL-L stood for University of Louisiana Lafayette. All this time I thought it meant Uneducated Louisiana Lawbreakers
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Post by BGH on Jun 21, 2018 6:08:14 GMT -6
UL-Lafayette wants their sports teams to be referred to as "Louisiana Ragin Cajuns" even though they are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, not University of Louisiana. Now don't get me wrong I am a Ragin Cajuns fan and always will be but this irks me because its like they are trying to brand themselves as U of L even though they aren't. I believe it is a slap in the face to UL-Monroe and the other schools in the U of L system. I also believe that Louisiana College has a more legitimate case to having their sports teams referred to as "Louisiana Wildcats." What do you think? Does UL-L deserve to be called just Louisiana? Should they stick with Louisiana-Lafayette or UL-Lafayette? Should Louisiana College be the team referred to as Louisiana?
Does it matter that it is against the law? The legislation that created ULL & ULM foresaw this very situation and prohibited both schools from calling themselves the University of Louisiana. Of course laws do not mean anything anymore ........... just do what feels good and dang the law.
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Post by indy on Jun 21, 2018 6:27:14 GMT -6
ULL officially changed the name of their mascot from “Ragin Cajun’s” to “Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajun’s” to circumvent the rule. IMO USL was better. They look even more Regional now, maybe one day they wil be the “University of Louisiana in Lafayette on Johnson street” Winning is the best way to improve your identity!
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Post by LATigerFan on Jun 21, 2018 6:30:38 GMT -6
All I know is everytime I hear them call themselves Louisiana I grit my teeth. I voted neither.
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Post by sportfanattic on Jun 21, 2018 6:56:48 GMT -6
Never realized UL-L stood for University of Louisiana Lafayette. All this time I thought it meant Uneducated Louisiana Lawbreakers Wow. This is derogatory. It sounds like an intelligent person that wrote this statement.
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Post by khsyellowjackets94 on Jun 21, 2018 8:12:59 GMT -6
The only college in Louisiana that should be called the University of Louisiana is Louisiana State University but it's been LSU for too long now to change it. Sometimes I like to say LOUISIANA'S' State University.
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Post by abbebusoni on Jun 21, 2018 8:32:08 GMT -6
U La La love
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Post by fanman on Jun 21, 2018 11:05:34 GMT -6
All I know is everytime I hear them call themselves Louisiana I grit my teeth. I voted neither. this has concerned me for some time. It is all about ULL trying to be a big boy and compete with LSU. The Louisiana University system set this up with the various State Universities. All of them are Louisiana Universities. They stated none of them was to be more important than the other. ULL And ULM are both University of Louisiana in statue. ULL has gun boated the name. ULM has just as much right to call themselves The University of Louisiana as does USL does.
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Post by Raven on Jun 21, 2018 11:41:39 GMT -6
Both schools have a right to the name. However, for the purposes of athletics, I think the first one that can develop a program that can get them invited to join one of the power 5 conferences should be able to use the name The University of Louisiana.
Should that ever happen, whichever school puts itself in that position would by then have the monetary and political clout to establish itself as the flagship school of the University of Louisiana System.
I'm not saying that it's even possible for either school to do that. But in my opinion, that's what would it take for one of them to be able to claim that name outright.
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Post by fanman on Jun 21, 2018 13:30:27 GMT -6
Both schools have a right to the name. However, for the purposes of athletics, I think the first one that can develop a program that can get them invited to join one of the power 5 conferences should be able to use the name The University of Louisiana. Should that ever happen, whichever school puts itself in that position would by then have the monetary and political clout to establish itself as the flagship school of the University of Louisiana System. I'm not saying that it's even possible for either school to do that. But in my opinion, that's what would it take for one of them to be able to claim that name outright. Then if either one did it that school would be breaking the ruling set down by the University of Louisiana Systems I guess they would have to have a ruling by the Louisiana University system.
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Post by Raven on Jun 21, 2018 13:40:31 GMT -6
Both schools have a right to the name. However, for the purposes of athletics, I think the first one that can develop a program that can get them invited to join one of the power 5 conferences should be able to use the name The University of Louisiana. Should that ever happen, whichever school puts itself in that position would by then have the monetary and political clout to establish itself as the flagship school of the University of Louisiana System. I'm not saying that it's even possible for either school to do that. But in my opinion, that's what would it take for one of them to be able to claim that name outright. Then if either one did it that school would be breaking the ruling set down by the University of Louisiana Systems I guess they would have to have a ruling by the Louisiana University system. Well, that's what I meant by having the money and political clout. They would be able to get that ruling changed.
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Post by indy on Jun 21, 2018 13:53:03 GMT -6
Both schools have a right to the name. However, for the purposes of athletics, I think the first one that can develop a program that can get them invited to join one of the power 5 conferences should be able to use the name The University of Louisiana. Should that ever happen, whichever school puts itself in that position would by then have the monetary and political clout to establish itself as the flagship school of the University of Louisiana System. I'm not saying that it's even possible for either school to do that. But in my opinion, that's what would it take for one of them to be able to claim that name outright. Then if either one did it that school would be breaking the ruling set down by the University of Louisiana Systems I guess they would have to have a ruling by the Louisiana University system. Maybe the LHSAA could intervene and give a clinic on how to follow rules. Lol 😂
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Post by cjr3888 on Jun 22, 2018 13:45:25 GMT -6
UL-Lafayette wants their sports teams to be referred to as "Louisiana Ragin Cajuns" even though they are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, not University of Louisiana. Now don't get me wrong I am a Ragin Cajuns fan and always will be but this irks me because its like they are trying to brand themselves as U of L even though they aren't. I believe it is a slap in the face to UL-Monroe and the other schools in the U of L system. I also believe that Louisiana College has a more legitimate case to having their sports teams referred to as "Louisiana Wildcats." What do you think? Does UL-L deserve to be called just Louisiana? Should they stick with Louisiana-Lafayette or UL-Lafayette? Should Louisiana College be the team referred to as Louisiana? ULM was the first to try and use Louisiana and it didn't work out. They chose ULM and the Cajuns chose Louisiana. Why should anyone else care?
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Post by fanman on Jun 22, 2018 14:37:32 GMT -6
UL-Lafayette wants their sports teams to be referred to as "Louisiana Ragin Cajuns" even though they are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, not University of Louisiana. Now don't get me wrong I am a Ragin Cajuns fan and always will be but this irks me because its like they are trying to brand themselves as U of L even though they aren't. I believe it is a slap in the face to UL-Monroe and the other schools in the U of L system. I also believe that Louisiana College has a more legitimate case to having their sports teams referred to as "Louisiana Wildcats." What do you think? Does UL-L deserve to be called just Louisiana? Should they stick with Louisiana-Lafayette or UL-Lafayette? Should Louisiana College be the team referred to as Louisiana? ULM was the first to try and use Louisiana and it didn't work out. They chose ULM and the Cajuns chose Louisiana. Why should anyone else care? wrong, The University of Louisiana Systems gave them their name. ULM And ULL. they are just two schools in the University System of about 9 universities. I could be wrong with that number but it is close. The Universities did not get to pick their name like parents pick the name of their offspring. A lot of people care about this fraud on the part of ULL
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Post by gameday on Jun 22, 2018 15:43:24 GMT -6
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Post by coachtanklo on Jun 22, 2018 15:50:39 GMT -6
Call em what u want . A lot of universities are not called by their given name . Ex Texas - University of Texas at Austin LSU - Louisiana State University Agriculture & Mechanical at Baton Rouge Georgia Tech - Georgia Institute of Technology
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Post by khsyellowjackets94 on Jun 22, 2018 18:20:00 GMT -6
Call em what u want . A lot of universities are not called by their given name . Ex Texas - University of Texas at Austin LSU - Louisiana State University Agriculture & Mechanical at Baton Rouge Georgia Tech - Georgia Institute of Technology Your right. Virginia Tech's real name is Virginia Polytechical Institute.
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Post by fanman on Jun 22, 2018 18:29:25 GMT -6
Call em what u want . A lot of universities are not called by their given name . Ex Texas - University of Texas at Austin LSU - Louisiana State University Agriculture & Mechanical at Baton Rouge Georgia Tech - Georgia Institute of Technology Your right. Virginia Tech's real name is Virginia Polytechical Institute. UCLA DOES NOT SAY CALIFORNIA UTSA DOES NOT SAY TEXAS LOUISIANA TECH DOES NOT SAY LOUISIANA.
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Post by indy on Jun 22, 2018 18:41:17 GMT -6
Your right. Virginia Tech's real name is Virginia Polytechical Institute. UCLA DOES NOT SAY CALIFORNIA UTSA DOES NOT SAY TEXAS LOUISIANA TECH DOES NOT SAY LOUISIANA. Just worry about winning, respect comes from winning, not a name. Louisiana in general has step- child mentality and it’s starts with the LHSAA.
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Post by coachtanklo on Jun 22, 2018 19:34:19 GMT -6
Texas has Texas and not Texas at Austin Texas A&M doesn’t have College Station Many universities have BS names Ole Miss , Vandy , Tennessee Knoxville North Carolina -Chapel Hill etc. etc . Like Indy Said ..... Win and they will respect you
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Post by kinder1981 on Jun 22, 2018 20:45:18 GMT -6
Seems like UL-Lafayette has been more worried about how their name is perceived, than their on and off the field reputation has been perceived. Wolves don’t lose sleep over the opinion of sheep. Work on becoming a Wolf first.
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Post by cjr3888 on Jun 25, 2018 9:39:29 GMT -6
ULM was the first to try and use Louisiana and it didn't work out. They chose ULM and the Cajuns chose Louisiana. Why should anyone else care? wrong, The University of Louisiana Systems gave them their name. ULM And ULL. they are just two schools in the University System of about 9 universities. I could be wrong with that number but it is close. The Universities did not get to pick their name like parents pick the name of their offspring. A lot of people care about this fraud on the part of ULL The universities do not pick their "official" name but athletics is a completely different story. Schools can pick any name they wish to brand themselves as athletically.
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Post by fanman on Jun 25, 2018 12:56:58 GMT -6
wrong, The University of Louisiana Systems gave them their name. ULM And ULL. they are just two schools in the University System of about 9 universities. I could be wrong with that number but it is close. The Universities did not get to pick their name like parents pick the name of their offspring. A lot of people care about this fraud on the part of ULL The universities do not pick their "official" name but athletics is a completely different story. Schools can pick any name they wish to brand themselves as athletically. they may can vote on a mascot , but they can not decide what university status they choose, that comes from the University Systems.
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Post by cjr3888 on Jun 26, 2018 9:07:06 GMT -6
The universities do not pick their "official" name but athletics is a completely different story. Schools can pick any name they wish to brand themselves as athletically. they may can vote on a mascot , but they can not decide what university status they choose, that comes from the University Systems. Wrong again. Any athletic program can brand themselves as they wish. Just as LSU, North Carolina, Texas, Little Rock, both USC's, and the countless other schools that do the same.
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Post by indy on Jun 26, 2018 10:17:59 GMT -6
they may can vote on a mascot , but they can not decide what university status they choose, that comes from the University Systems. Wrong again. Any athletic program can brand themselves as they wish. Just as LSU, North Carolina, Texas, Little Rock, both USC's, and the countless other schools that do the same. Not hardly. And none of the teams you mentioned tried to force the issue. They either earned the right or it evolved over time. I’m guessing a private University could change their name without consent of their states university system but no school in a system could. Could Loreauville alumns change their name to Iberia Parish High without the consent of ISB?
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Post by fanman on Jun 26, 2018 12:26:54 GMT -6
Wrong again. Any athletic program can brand themselves as they wish. Just as LSU, North Carolina, Texas, Little Rock, both USC's, and the countless other schools that do the same. Not hardly. And none of the teams you mentioned tried to force the issue. They either earned the right or it evolved over time. I’m guessing a private University could change their name without consent of their states university system but no school in a system could. Could Loreauville alumns change their name to Iberia Parish High without the consent of ISB? finally some sanity on the subject. you win the literally award for honesty in reporting.
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Post by iknownuthing on Jun 26, 2018 15:40:21 GMT -6
ULM was the first to try and use Louisiana and it didn't work out. They chose ULM and the Cajuns chose Louisiana. Why should anyone else care? wrong, The University of Louisiana Systems gave them their name. ULM And ULL. they are just two schools in the University System of about 9 universities. I could be wrong with that number but it is close. The Universities did not get to pick their name like parents pick the name of their offspring. A lot of people care about this fraud on the part of ULL No you are in error, I was there, Ray Authermont then President of USL, pushed and chose the name after a student referendum approved the name change. The UL System has no say in what a school is named. McNeese is a UL system school, and tomorrow if the university wanted to change it's name to Ryan Street Normal College they could do it. The other members of the UL System are UL-M, Grambling, Louisiana Tech, Northwestern, Southeastern, Nichols and UNO. There are more students and graduates in this system than in the LSU system and there are over 16,500 degrees earned through this system yet it receives about 35% the total university funds. LSU gets 50% and Southern gets 15%.
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Post by iknownuthing on Jun 26, 2018 15:41:06 GMT -6
Texas has Texas and not Texas at Austin Texas A&M doesn’t have College Station Many universities have BS names Ole Miss , Vandy , Tennessee Knoxville North Carolina -Chapel Hill etc. etc . Like Indy Said ..... Win and they will respect you I agree.
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Post by LATigerFan on Jun 26, 2018 16:06:45 GMT -6
Not hardly. And none of the teams you mentioned tried to force the issue. They either earned the right or it evolved over time. I’m guessing a private University could change their name without consent of their states university system but no school in a system could. Could Loreauville alumns change their name to Iberia Parish High without the consent of ISB? finally some sanity on the subject. you win the literally award for honesty in reporting. Bringing up the word sanity in reference to Indy is insane in itself.
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