The Dallas Cowboys, in an attempt to penetrate the $4 billion collegiate apparel market, are aggressively pursuing monopoly licensing deals with our universities, under the brand name “Silver Star Merchandising.” Over the last decade, the Cowboys have racked up a reputation as a manufacturer with a record of serial labor rights abuse, from threatening to physically assault workers in Bangladesh to firing union leaders in El Salvador.
So far, the Cowboys have already signed a monopoly deal with the University of Southern California to be the exclusive manufacturer (with the exception of NIKE) of all USC-logo apparel.Now, they are courting Ohio State University’s more than $9 million licensing program, demonstrating blatant disregard for Ohio State’s labor rights code of conduct as well as local Ohio businesses. Furthermore, students learned through public documents that OSU has been engaging in an unfair, backdoor process to favor handing over a pending monopoly deal to the Cowboys.
OSU students are demanding that OSU “Buck the Cowboys!” and immediately re-start the contract bidding process, integrating OSU USAS members into the decision-making committee.
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For months, Ohio State students and faculty have warned of inappropriate backroom dealings by OSU Athletics to hand over a monopoly contract to the Dallas Cowboys for producing and selling... - New York Times: Students Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College Apparel Posted on: September 24, 2011
This article was originally posted in the New York Times online and appeared in print on September 24, 2011, on page B-3. Students Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College... - New York Times: USASers Take On Jerry Jones & the Cowboys Posted on: September 24, 2011
Students Battle a Dallas Cowboys Unit Over College Apparel By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Dallas Cowboys have a new merchandising arm that recently jumped into the business of producing college-logo apparel... - Dallas Cowboys’ attempt coup to get rich on sweatshop workers’ backs: Not at our schools! Posted on: July 29, 2011
A new wave of controversy is brewing over Jerry Jones, the notorious owner of the Dallas Cowboys who’s worth $2 Billion, and his scheme to snatch up monopoly deals for producing and selling college logo apparel.
