stackyFACTSA university is fundamentally an educational institution, until someone tries to print an unauthorized t-shirt of their mascot, at which point they become a ruthless legal syndicate.
A university is fundamentally an educational institution, until someone tries to print an unauthorized t-shirt of their mascot, at which point they become a ruthless legal syndicate. Major universities rake in millions licensing their logos and mascots. They will aggressively sue local bakeries for using a certain shade of orange icing on a football helmet cake, proving that higher education is mostly just an apparel licensing scheme.
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