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Aaronhere
03-13-2008, 04:53 PM
Help me out here. Who owns the trademark rights to the names and logos of the old USFL teams? Could the AAFL come back as the new USFL (like Uncle Joe thought he could do with the ABA)? The current teams could use their nicknames (I hated TEAM Alabama, etc.)
Birmingham Stallions
Michigan Panthers
Houston Gamblers
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
rams80
03-13-2008, 08:08 PM
I doubt it, nor would I see much point in doing so.
Sam Hill
03-13-2008, 09:15 PM
Or, you know, we could let the USFL be, right where it is, as a fond memory.
nksports
03-14-2008, 04:58 AM
Help me out here. Who owns the trademark rights to the names and logos of the old USFL teams? Could the AAFL come back as the new USFL (like Uncle Joe thought he could do with the ABA)? The current teams could use their nicknames (I hated TEAM Alabama, etc.)
Birmingham Stallions
Michigan Panthers
Houston Gamblers
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida

We could bring back the Donald as an owner and have a league-wide hairpiece day.
Aaronhere
03-14-2008, 09:37 AM
I love the Donald idea. The point of my original post was to inquire as to whether some person or entity still holds the trademark rights to the old USFL logos and nicknames.
firewolff
03-14-2008, 10:54 AM
Who owns the trademark rights to the names and logos of the old USFL teams?

Throwbackmax.com has USFL reproductions for sale, maybe they could tell you.
logoguru
03-14-2008, 04:18 PM
Throwbackmax.com has USFL reproductions for sale, maybe they could tell you.

No one does. I know this because Throwbackmax doesn't use licensed material, in other words the copyright ran out and its up for grabs.
Ron
03-25-2008, 09:48 PM
1. The AAFL is beyond repair (whether it comes back as the USFL or the AAFL).

2. The USFL died and it might not be realistic to think you can resurrect that dinosaur. Forward thinking is probably the better idea.

The AAFL concept was fine (although team nicknames would have been a good idea) the only problem was that there was no funding.
Sports Fanatic
03-27-2008, 05:59 PM
AAFL is done
USFL13
03-29-2008, 10:07 PM
http://unitedstatesfootballleague.blogspot.com/

USFL 1986
Pounder
03-31-2008, 03:16 PM
I just had this awful vision that the Donald uses his next season of "The Apprentice" to start a league with former sports stars acting as owners."

Of course, maybe it should happen. It could kill both the notion of a second successful pro football league AND reality television all in one fell swoop.

New pro league? I challenge someone to start small, play in a region, build from the ground up instead of the top down. Seriously.