(05-29-2020 04:32 PM)Luckyshot Wrote: (05-29-2020 01:37 PM)deb025 Wrote: (05-29-2020 01:33 PM)kb325 Wrote: (05-29-2020 12:47 PM)pilot172000 Wrote: (05-29-2020 12:42 PM)herdfan129 Wrote: They are now known as Louisiana no matter how much you all cry about it.
Not true. They are University of Louisiana @ Lafayette according to state law and to be addressed as such. You really don't like to argue facts do you? You just spout hyperbole to see who will bite. Classy.
We call them ULL as well BUT they are the University of Louisiana...Let's look at it this way...the University of Missouri is called just that in the SEC world BUT their official name is UM at Columbia...same goes for Wisconsin being UW at Madison and Illinois officially being U of I at Champagne...my guess is most of the big universities are U of _ at XXXXXX...
The law states otherwise.
I normally refer to them as LA-La, but what law and why is it not enforced?
I can't find a link to the actual legislation back in 95, but this is the UL system guidelines
http://www.ulsystem.net/assets/docs/sear...licies.pdf
Some key points:
III. University and System Name Guidelines All institutions within the University of Louisiana System are to comply with the following precepts and guidelines set forth to govern and coordinate the use of the University of Louisiana name and logo:
A. As previously stated, there is no main campus for the University of Louisiana System. Any designation of or reference to a member institution as “flagship,” “lead,” “main,” or other similar descriptor is prohibited.
C. The use of the two-letter University of Louisiana abbreviation, “UL,” and/or the phrase “U of L” are prohibited by the university or any of its affiliated organizations (alumni associations, development foundations, bookstores, etc.). For academic, public relations, athletic, as well as other purposes not specified, the use of the University of Louisiana abbreviation must always include the abbreviation for the municipal location of the institution.
D. All uses of the name “University of Louisiana” must be followed by the word “at” and the institution’s geographic location. No typographic variations within the name are permitted. The word “at” must be no less than 50% and the geographic location must not exceed 100% nor be less than 80% of the University of Louisiana name. Any institutional use of “University of Louisiana” without the “at” and geographic location is prohibited.
There is nothing spelled out to enforce the above items and certainly nothing preventing other people from calling them whatever they want.
ULM was duped in the whole thing, but really they got a name upgrade too so it is what it is.