Powercat ... or Saber?

[J Rake]

One of the local high schools here in New York, Susquehanna Valley, uses K-State's Powercat logo. Now, I know we've seen this before, where high schools will use a well-known college or pro logo (such as Denver's Bronco or Duke's Blue Devil) ... but at least they keep the integrity of the logo intact by calling themselves the "Broncos" or the "Blue Devils."

Not Susquehanna Valley. They call the Powercat a Saber.

Every time I ask somebody from SV what their logo is, they unanimously say it's a Saber. They don't even acknowledge that the logo belongs to K-State. Actually, they don't even acknowledge K-State's existence.

Are there any other schools that use K-State's logo and call it something other than, uh, a Wildcat?


http://www.svsabers.org/main.htm

[doom]

One of the local high schools here in New York, Susquehanna Valley, uses K-State's Powercat logo. Now, I know we've seen this before, where high schools will use a well-known college or pro logo (such as Denver's Bronco or Duke's Blue Devil) ... but at least they keep the integrity of the logo intact by calling themselves the "Broncos" or the "Blue Devils."

Not Susquehanna Valley. They call the Powercat a Saber.

Every time I ask somebody from SV what their logo is, they unanimously say it's a Saber. They don't even acknowledge that the logo belongs to K-State. Actually, they don't even acknowledge K-State's existence.

Are there any other schools that use K-State's logo and call it something other than, uh, a Wildcat?


http://www.svsabers.org/main.htm

Lawrence Free State's logo got sued by Temple for using the body of the Temple Owl.  The head was different, but the body/wings/talons were a complete copy.  They had to change their design (it's complete crap now too.)  I wonder if K-State knows they stole our design.

[waks]

One of the local high schools here in New York, Susquehanna Valley, uses K-State's Powercat logo. Now, I know we've seen this before, where high schools will use a well-known college or pro logo (such as Denver's Bronco or Duke's Blue Devil) ... but at least they keep the integrity of the logo intact by calling themselves the "Broncos" or the "Blue Devils."

Not Susquehanna Valley. They call the Powercat a Saber.

Every time I ask somebody from SV what their logo is, they unanimously say it's a Saber. They don't even acknowledge that the logo belongs to K-State. Actually, they don't even acknowledge K-State's existence.

Are there any other schools that use K-State's logo and call it something other than, uh, a Wildcat?


http://www.svsabers.org/main.htm

Well, they move the powercat around a little bit and make it kind of smudgy so I think they're alright.

[waks]

One of the local high schools here in New York, Susquehanna Valley, uses K-State's Powercat logo. Now, I know we've seen this before, where high schools will use a well-known college or pro logo (such as Denver's Bronco or Duke's Blue Devil) ... but at least they keep the integrity of the logo intact by calling themselves the "Broncos" or the "Blue Devils."

Not Susquehanna Valley. They call the Powercat a Saber.

Every time I ask somebody from SV what their logo is, they unanimously say it's a Saber. They don't even acknowledge that the logo belongs to K-State. Actually, they don't even acknowledge K-State's existence.

Are there any other schools that use K-State's logo and call it something other than, uh, a Wildcat?


http://www.svsabers.org/main.htm

Lawrence Free State's logo got sued by Temple for using the body of the Temple Owl.  The head was different, but the body/wings/talons were a complete copy.  They had to change their design (it's complete crap now too.)  I wonder if K-State knows they stole our design.

We usually let all high schools use the powercat. I think we charge them like $.05 for royalties..

[greasd up deaf guy]

Cuba, Missouri uses it. Wildcats, though. Also, their powercat doesn't look as mongoloid as that one.

[waks]

Lamark's high school team used it as well.

[kstate16]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

[greasd up deaf guy]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

[J Rake]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

[kstate16]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

[waks]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &@#%ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

[ECN]

when i interned at the alumni assoc. i had to do a story/art on this.

back then (2000) there were 28 or so schools using it in the US.

[greasd up deaf guy]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

Somewhat. His son is one of my best friends.

[waks]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

Somewhat. His son is one of my best friends.

ECN?

[kougar24]

I believe we charge $1 for the use of the Powercat by high schools.

[ECN]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

Somewhat. His son is one of my best friends.

ECN?

no. but i do know him too. he was in all my classes.

I believe we charge $1 for the use of the Powercat by high schools.

correct.

[doom]

I believe we charge $1 for the use of the Powercat by high schools.

Per year or total?

[ECN]

word scamble!

otatl

[Cat Doctor]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

Somewhat. His son is one of my best friends.

Bookcat I presume.  I didn't think his dad made anything off the powercat though.

[WildCatzPhreak]

word scamble!

otatl

http://wordnavigator.com/word/otatl/

(I cheated.)

[SUPERKSUFAN]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &*$@!ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

Bill Snyder gets royalties too right?

[waks]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &*$@!ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

Bill Snyder gets royalties too right?

Maybe.

[SUPERKSUFAN]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &*$@!ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

Bill Snyder gets royalties too right?

Maybe.

Well, didn't Snyder and Bookwalter come up with the new logo together?  I thought the whole new logo was Snyder's idea (kind of like Frye with Iowa)

[greasd up deaf guy]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

wealthy man i assume.

Somewhat. His son is one of my best friends.

Bookcat I presume.  I didn't think his dad made anything off the powercat though.

From what I've gleaned from conversations, since it's difficult to separate non-powercat sales from powercat sales, I believe he gets a portion of all ksu merch.

[J Rake]

Snyder doesn't receive any royalties from the use of the Powercat logo.
Bookwalter takes in anywhere between 5 and 10 percent IIRC.

[waks]

Snyder doesn't receive any royalties from the use of the Powercat logo.
Bookwalter takes in anywhere between 5 and 10 percent IIRC.

The dude writes for the Collegian. Listen to him.

[ds43fan]

One of the local high schools here in New York, Susquehanna Valley, uses K-State's Powercat logo. Now, I know we've seen this before, where high schools will use a well-known college or pro logo (such as Denver's Bronco or Duke's Blue Devil) ... but at least they keep the integrity of the logo intact by calling themselves the "Broncos" or the "Blue Devils."

Not Susquehanna Valley. They call the Powercat a Saber.

Every time I ask somebody from SV what their logo is, they unanimously say it's a Saber. They don't even acknowledge that the logo belongs to K-State. Actually, they don't even acknowledge K-State's existence.

Are there any other schools that use K-State's logo and call it something other than, uh, a Wildcat?


http://www.svsabers.org/main.htm

Well, they move the powercat around a little bit and make it kind of smudgy so I think they're alright.

must be 10% different. of course that isnt 10% different, 5 at the most

[dr00d]

I was under the impression that it was only pennies on each powercat.  Most of the 'royalty' goes to the publisher, they are they ones that are in charge of hounding down the assholes that make illegal copies of the logo.

[FBWillie]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &*$@!ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

Bill Snyder gets royalties too right?

Maybe.

Well, didn't Snyder and Bookwalter come up with the new logo together?  I thought the whole new logo was Snyder's idea (kind of like Frye with Iowa)

I believe Bookwalter actually came up with IOWA's logo as well, hence the striking similarities.  Also, why Snyder and Bookwalter knew of eachother.

Snyder had nothing to do with the design other than asking Bookwalter to design it...   or so I hear.

[prome05]

louisburg uses it and i'm pretty sure they're the wildcats. i heard that bill snyder once owned the copyrights to the powercat, is there any truth to this?

He didn't solely own it.

Tom Bookwalter, a K-State art professor, owns the rights to the Powercat.

And he is &*$@!ing loaded because of it. I think he makes 10% of the royalties off of it.

Bill Snyder gets royalties too right?

Maybe.

Well, didn't Snyder and Bookwalter come up with the new logo together?  I thought the whole new logo was Snyder's idea (kind of like Frye with Iowa)

I believe Bookwalter actually came up with IOWA's logo as well, hence the striking similarities.  Also, why Snyder and Bookwalter knew of eachother.

Snyder had nothing to do with the design other than asking Bookwalter to design it...   or so I hear.

Snyder also had Bookwalter go through several versions until he came up with one he liked.

In other news, an elementary school in Garden City uses a flipped version of it (facing left), and they call themselves the Cougars. Nobody there kids themselves in to thinking that it's not a copy of the powercat though.