Nexus Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Sean Callahan's Twitter: Nebraska has ended their licensing relationship with Corn Fed (Casey Martinez's apparel company), per the request of Casey Martinez. This was just released in a statement from Tom Osborne. It also said the licensing relationship happened before NU's recruitment of Taylor. Tom Osborne: "Both parties agreed that it would be prudent to no longer have a licensing relationship between the NU and Corn Fed." LINK Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Casey Martinez has cut ties with the University of Nebraska in reference to his CornFed trademark. Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Good. Did Taylor send an email to the AP this time. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm betting that was a mutual agreement with the NCAA poking around at recruiting improprieties. Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm betting that was a mutual agreement with the NCAA poking around at recruiting improprieties. I think so too. There was a fine line that Casey and the University were walking with all this trademark stuff. Especially with his son playing for the school. Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm betting that was a mutual agreement with the NCAA poking around at recruiting improprieties. To me this whole thing seemed fishy, whether it was before Taylors recruitment or not. IMO, it is unethical to have sports apparel license with the same school that your son/daughter plays college athletics at. Was this the only school Mr. Martinez had an apparel license with???? Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm betting that was a mutual agreement with the NCAA poking around at recruiting improprieties. To me this whole thing seemed fishy, whether it was before Taylors recruitment or not. IMO, it is unethical to have sports apparel license with the same school that your son/daughter plays college athletics at. Was this the only school Mr. Martinez had an apparel license with???? No, he had licensing agreements with others, but we were the most prominent (I believe). Casey Martinez, who once played football briefly at Iowa State, said Corn Fed had licensing agreements with as many as eight schools at one time but now has “maybe four.” The University of Iowa, he said in an e-mail, is currently the best-selling co-branded apparel for Corn Fed. But Martinez said licensing sales overall make up a very small portion of his company’s sales. LINK Quote Link to comment
Nexus Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm betting that was a mutual agreement with the NCAA poking around at recruiting improprieties. To me this whole thing seemed fishy, whether it was before Taylors recruitment or not. IMO, it is unethical to have sports apparel license with the same school that your son/daughter plays college athletics at. Was this the only school Mr. Martinez had an apparel license with???? No. Iowa State, Iowa and Northern Iowa did too. Northern Iowa no longer has a deal with Corn Fed though. Quote Link to comment
n.e.husker Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 “We have recently learned that while Taylor Martinez has no ownership in Corn Fed Apparel, Inc., he is registered as the owner of the Corn Fed trademark, and also the CornFed.com domain name. Again, this arrangement does not violate any NCAA rules Taylors name on the company probably didnt look good from the NCAAs point of view. http://my.journalstar.com/post/Husker_Extra_Group/Husker_Extra/blog/nu_casey_martinez_end_licensing_agreement.html Quote Link to comment
huskerscott Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 “We have recently learned that while Taylor Martinez has no ownership in Corn Fed Apparel, Inc., he is registered as the owner of the Corn Fed trademark, and also the CornFed.com domain name. Again, this arrangement does not violate any NCAA rules Taylors name on the company probably didnt look good from the NCAAs point of view. http://my.journalstar.com/post/Husker_Extra_Group/Husker_Extra/blog/nu_casey_martinez_end_licensing_agreement.html I remember taylor wearing the "cornfed" hooded sweatshirts the few times he did speak to the press. Everyone else had on husker adidas apparel. that probably didnt sit well the AD office. Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Just googled 'corn fed' and got this... T_O_B Quote Link to comment
307husker Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I suddenly find myself humming the star spangled banner. Weird... Quote Link to comment
krill Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 So Taylor is transferring, Bo is going to LSU and TO is stepping down to open a steakhouse? Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You know, I almost think it would have been better PR wise for everyone involved if this didn't just happen (and if this weren't in the news). Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 This is much ado about nothing. We didn't pay Casey Martinez. Casey Martinez paid NU to put the Husker trademarked logo on his shirts. Just like he paid Iowa and a couple of other schools. It would have been a scandal if NU had let him use NU's trademarked logos without compensating the university. That, and the dollar amounts were a pidly amount. Something like a few hundred bucks. Quote Link to comment
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