Photo: John Roever
Story by: Kacie Brown
Jon Englert, a Joe-College t-shirt collector and KU fanatic said he’d even pay double for the shirt on her back in the picture, “hopefully it will fit me.” Since the recent verdict on the infringement case, many are left confused as to why some t-shirts were infringing on KU’s trademarks and others were not.
The majority of Lawrence has heard or read about the controversial t-shirt dispute between The University of Kansas and Joe-College. But what you may not know is that you could be wearing a t-shirt that’s worth good money.
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< A few of the shirts that cost Joe-College $127,337.50 in penalties.>
KU has many shirts they’re still concerned with, such as ‘Muck Fizzou,’ ‘Our Coach Beat Anorexia,’ and many others. “The Shirts reflect badly on the university,” said Jim Marchiony, Associate Athletic Director.
Kara Tompkins, Baldwin City junior, and Jordan Mitchell shop for shirts in Joe-College.com. The shop sells many shirts that have become popular around campus, such as "Muck Fizzou" or "Our Coach Can Eat Your Coach."
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A few of the shirts that were considered illegal by the court were "Luck to be a Jayhawk," "Kansas Swimteam" and "Don't Phuck with the Phog!" all infringing. "I buy them because I think they're funny," said Englert. He hadn't gotten around to buying some of the shirts that were deemed illegal by the court, so now he's trying to find them elsewhere. "They took them off their website, and I don't like the one's the other shops sell." Englert has been looking on Ebay.com, Craigslist and
Facebook Marketplace. "I've had a little bit of luck but can't find my size."
Englert says he will continue to peruse finding an "Our Coach Will Eat Your Coach" Joe-College t-shirt. He has a room full of KU collectors items, t-shirts, flags, and posters.
"Mangino means a lot to me, I want to support him with the shirt."