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The Ticket had a advertisement on yesterday with Mayor Mike Rawlings encouraging Dallas to support SMU as Dallas' team even if you might have attended another school. No slick production value just a recorded message
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That's cool. Need that on the morning and nightly news. How do we get thecity council members (Kingston, Griggs, Gates) to say the same?
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Maybe a Mustang rally at Lee Park................on second thought no. 8)
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Get Trump to tweet about the team and Sutton - more free media attention than we could ever buy.
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Speaking of Russ Potts - who do you think was behind the ticket stuff we are seeing out there currently??? That's right - Brad Thomas. And a bunch of never say die Mustang fans that have funded it.

The lack of a vision or plan from our Athletic department about a multi year marketing plan has been a source of disappointment for most of us for years. I get that we are cash starved - but I don't understand why we aren't going to our loyalist to fix this since most of us would pay to see it happen. Don't understand it and I guess I never will.

You can renovate the coaches offices and the locker room for the third time in five years all you want - but don't call me to help. I would however be happy to give to a marketing plan if is thought our and strategic and specific to our situation.

Wwe get Dallas in our stadium or this whole thing is going to die a slow whimpering death.
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By slow do you mean like 28 years?
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SMU marketing, Reactive not Proactive
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I will say it again....

Mustang Mania

Cheap. Mobile. Clear message.
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peruna81 wrote:I will say it again....

Mustang Mania

Cheap. Mobile. Clear message.

Makes too much sense.
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Tell ya what...if someone of a legal mind could find out the current patent restrictions or any legal qualifiers, and if it is clearly in the public domain, I will be happy to fund printing up a first run of MM stickers with 2017 emblazoned on the white pony. It will be identical to the last run batch of 1982.

The legal side is the only impediment...I'm not in DFW, but have a world-class printing service in of all places College Station.

Any Officers of the Court want to chime in?
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Nothing legal in my thoughts but I think after 17 years it would be public domain unless there is a renewal process and I doubt that was done if there is one.

Go ahead and I will post bail if I am wrong.
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I am not a lawyer but I am confident you are clear on the patent front.
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mrydel wrote:Nothing legal in my thoughts but I think after 17 years it would be public domain unless there is a renewal process and I doubt that was done if there is one.

Go ahead and I will post bail if I am wrong.

Mark, that is gracious...but you would have to preach at First Baptist and explain why I began a "jail ministry" at the ripe old age of 59.
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gostangs wrote:Speaking of Russ Potts - who do you think was behind the ticket stuff we are seeing out there currently??? That's right - Brad Thomas. And a bunch of never say die Mustang fans that have funded it.

The lack of a vision or plan from our Athletic department about a multi year marketing plan has been a source of disappointment for most of us for years. I get that we are cash starved - but I don't understand why we aren't going to our loyalist to fix this since most of us would pay to see it happen. Don't understand it and I guess I never will.

You can renovate the coaches offices and the locker room for the third time in five years all you want - but don't call me to help. I would however be happy to give to a marketing plan if is thought our and strategic and specific to our situation.

Wwe get Dallas in our stadium or this whole thing is going to die a slow whimpering death.


Dallas doesn't care......never has, never will. Kind of difficult to make a case for spending money to attract Dallas fans, when SMU's own students and alumni have very little interest.

Maybe the athletic dept and school have thought about a plan, and additional marketing dollars, long and hard. You know what they say about throwing good money after bad. Maybe they decided it's better to pay Morris a premium, and spend money on his office, in order to try to keep him at SMU longer than he would normally stay. Maybe they calculated the investment in Morris, and the resulting wins, would do far more for attendance, than any amount of money thrown at an uninterested Dallas would ever do.

Maybe
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footballdad wrote:
gostangs wrote:Speaking of Russ Potts - who do you think was behind the ticket stuff we are seeing out there currently??? That's right - Brad Thomas. And a bunch of never say die Mustang fans that have funded it.

The lack of a vision or plan from our Athletic department about a multi year marketing plan has been a source of disappointment for most of us for years. I get that we are cash starved - but I don't understand why we aren't going to our loyalist to fix this since most of us would pay to see it happen. Don't understand it and I guess I never will.

You can renovate the coaches offices and the locker room for the third time in five years all you want - but don't call me to help. I would however be happy to give to a marketing plan if is thought our and strategic and specific to our situation.

Wwe get Dallas in our stadium or this whole thing is going to die a slow whimpering death.


Dallas doesn't care......never has, never will. Kind of difficult to make a case for spending money to attract Dallas fans, when SMU's own students and alumni have very little interest.

Maybe the athletic dept and school have thought about a plan, and additional marketing dollars, long and hard. You know what they say about throwing good money after bad. Maybe they decided it's better to pay Morris a premium, and spend money on his office, in order to try to keep him at SMU longer than he would normally stay. Maybe they calculated the investment in Morris, and the resulting wins, would do far more for attendance, than any amount of money thrown at an uninterested Dallas would ever do.

Maybe

footballdad, I'll send you a sticker if it works out....maybe.
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