Stupid, stupid idea!! This lessens the gravity of the brand for sports,. Put simply, this pours us into the basket of names like “NC Charlotte”, “Wisconsin Green Bay”, “Cal Irvine” etc. Get it straight: we are the ORIGINAL University of California. Leave it as such for sports branding. And, as far as “confusing” is concerned. this so-cal…
Stupid, stupid idea!! This lessens the gravity of the brand for sports,. Put simply, this pours us into the basket of names like “NC Charlotte”, “Wisconsin Green Bay”, “Cal Irvine” etc. Get it straight: we are the ORIGINAL University of California. Leave it as such for sports branding. And, as far as “confusing” is concerned. this so-called difficulty is only problematic if you’ve never taken the time to actually learn what this university is. If a person can’t then discern what is Berkeley, what is Cal/California and what is the University of California, Berkeley, then why are we spending time changing (and in my mind diminishing the branding punch) for those that can’t figure it out. Enraging move. I don’t want to see “Cal Berkeley” emblazoned on the fifty yard line. There is only one CAL, and it happens to be in Berkeley. Changing our sports name as proposed by the committee would be like UGA changing its name to Georgia Athens, Virginia changing its name to Virginia Charlottesville, or Michigan changing its official sports name to “Michigan Ann Arbor - all horrible ideas. Am I in the minority?
Stupid, stupid idea!! This lessens the gravity of the brand for sports,. Put simply, this pours us into the basket of names like “NC Charlotte”, “Wisconsin Green Bay”, “Cal Irvine” etc. Get it straight: we are the ORIGINAL University of California. Leave it as such for sports branding. And, as far as “confusing” is concerned. this so-called difficulty is only problematic if you’ve never taken the time to actually learn what this university is. If a person can’t then discern what is Berkeley, what is Cal/California and what is the University of California, Berkeley, then why are we spending time changing (and in my mind diminishing the branding punch) for those that can’t figure it out. Enraging move. I don’t want to see “Cal Berkeley” emblazoned on the fifty yard line. There is only one CAL, and it happens to be in Berkeley. Changing our sports name as proposed by the committee would be like UGA changing its name to Georgia Athens, Virginia changing its name to Virginia Charlottesville, or Michigan changing its official sports name to “Michigan Ann Arbor - all horrible ideas. Am I in the minority?