I heard a rumor

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Heard from a co-worker that the NFL/Titans actually had a hand in UH not being able to sell merch of the Love Ya Blue gear. Anybody else hear this on a local sports radio show?

Complete rumor. As long as they didn’t use any NFL trademarks, NFL couldn’t stop them. This was an issue of not anticipating demand mainly. Just so I don’t repeat myself, here’s what I said before…

New uniforms connect UH to THE CITY in all new way

While that would have been a good idea, I can understand why they didn’t. If they had people preorder now before making anything, that saves the problem of if the unis fell flat, so you’re right in that thinking. The department likely can’t (contractually) sell merch themselves so they would have to get Follett or whoever has the stadium sales on board. The logistics of that and what Follett would want to do or be capable of handling would be a question (although I think they have the infrastru…