'The 12th Man' is one of our most treasured traditions, recognized by most as one of the most compelling in collegiate athletics. |
As the games get more important and there's more public exposure of it, then as the trademark owner if you don't do anything...you really are putting your rights at risk. |
At first you hope it goes back down. You're concerned about alienating your customers. You don't want to lose them. So it takes a while before everyone in the industry realizes they have no choice. |
Calling your fans a 12th man is one thing. |
Even though we lost today, we're going into the tournament with confidence. Next week starts a whole new season for these girls. |
every woman?s nightmare, and for the victim to survive this attack is a true credit to her strength. |
From a safety issue, if someone gets hit by a car and we're allowing this, it seems like it would be a liability, |
I don't mind getting out in the front yard now. I don't have to put up with the people fighting and arguing. Fights in the middle of the night and people hollering and threatening each other, threatening to kill each other. |
I saw a moving truck about a week and a half after the incident and, you know, that was like under the cover of darkness. They came when it was dark outside, packed up and left. |
I still have boxes and boxes of fan mail that I still go through, ... It's really been something that has inspired me to come through it, that people cared enough to write a card and something about their own story that they thought would help me. |
I think they wrote comprehensive regulations, and they did a great job. They kept compromising. They did a good job of protecting the environment while allowing reasonable access. |
I'm better than I was two months ago, better than I was six months ago, and certainly better than I was 17 months ago. |
In 2004, they asked if we would sublicense the brand and we refused. |
In the normal course of action, once someone becomes aware of it and they understand that you have a registered trademark, normally they cease. In this case they have chosen not to, but we are still hopeful that they will, quite frankly. |
It kind of sounds trite, but it's not. He's truly a living, working legend. He and his wife [Gloria] have contributed so much to that genre of music. |