Billiken Law Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Not sure what else to call it, but this morning as I got in my car the street cleaner passed by me and it was pained up in blue and white with the Billiken winking to all drivers on the front of the machine. I'd seen Rams, Blues and Cards advertised on these, well, now the Bills have joined. Pretty cool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinfootes Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I was recently in a mall sports store and saw Cardinals, Rams, Blues, Mizzou, and Illini apparel but not one piece of SLU merchandise. There were even KC hats. A few years ago I was in a store at Union Station and specifically heard tourists asking for SLU apparel. They had Mizzou, Illinois, Duke, Carolina, Georgetown, etc. but no SLU. There's still a long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 You can find a lot of SLU hats at Lids and t-shirts at Champs, but I know what you mean. However, supply and demand drives that. Right now there is little demand, however the bigger thing is the licensing and distribution. I don't know what SLU's is like but schools like Mizzou and Illinois license their images out to anyone and everyone, plus have Nike behind them. And, every state school has higher demand than private schools. SLU's winning will improve that. When i was at Marquette you couldn't get anything MU off campus, but now MU stuff is everywhere in Milwaukee. SLU wins, it will be the same thing..... Reminds me of the movie I saw again this past weekend on TNT - What about Bob (classic!): Baby Steps..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShoe Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Walk into the flag shop at Union Station. There you will see flags for just about any college, except SLU. And I'm not just talking about UNC, Kentucky, Duke, but also Fairfield, Providence, Florida A&M, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewey33 Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 Finish Line stores have some nice SLU shirts the bookstore has upgraded their stuff dramatically, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I would love to fly a SLU flag in front of my house. A few months ago, due to the dearth of stylish t-shirts, sweat shirts, etc. in BILLIKEN blue (not navy, not light blue, and for pete's sake, not in red, orange, pink, etc.), I was considering designing and producing a small line of good-looking, traditional items that I could sell online. I have access to a designer and a vendor/producer, so that wouldn't be a big problem. I contacted the university about using the school's name/mascot, paying royalties, etc., and got information about becoming an officially-licensed vendor, which is very difficult for a small-time player like myself, so I didn't pursue it any further. I don't know why we can't get Nike gear like Marquette has. At the b-ball game last year when they honored the honor roll student athletes at halftime, I saw so many kids who play on the various teams wearing stuff I'd like to own that's produced by Nike for the teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted July 20, 2005 Share Posted July 20, 2005 I'm pretty sure you can get a flag from the alumni office. Call Meg Connolly.[sp] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted July 20, 2005 Author Share Posted July 20, 2005 Marquette has been a "Nike school" since the mid-90's, but until the Final Four run there was no Nike gear available for purchase. The contract MU has with Nike (which most teams do) make them a "Nike Elite" school after making the Final Four, so merchandise is available on a wide-spread basis. Before that, all Nike did was provide gear to the players and coaches. SLU's deal with Nike is no different than the majority of programs that Nike has under contract now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 billiken law, check your pm's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakapablo Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Nice selection of SLU hats here: www.lids.com/did/264 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newberry Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I have a white pair of billiken game shorts from 3 years ago has the billiken on the side and c-usa on the other side. ANybody want them offer me a price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billiken Law Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 what size? Please PM me, I am interested..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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