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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

(2/27) News Years Cotton Bowl Classic to Arlington, OU-Texas Next?

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Report: Cotton Bowl Classic on the Move to Arlington: Officials with the State Fair of Texas and the city of Dallas conceded Monday that the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will almost certainly move from its namesake stadium in Fair Park to the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington. "It's been a foregone conclusion that they're leaving," said State Fair president Errol McKoy, who also serves on the board of directors for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. "The reason the Cotton Bowl game is supposedly going to move -- and they'll have an announcement here soon -- is all because of one thing, and that's a roof over their head. That's something that we cannot and will not ever provide -- a roof over their head," State Fair chairman Pete Schenkel told The Dallas Morning News, while at once vowing to retain the annual Texas-Oklahoma and Prairie View-Grambling college football games and to attract new ones. A move to the Cowboys' retractable-roof stadium tops the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic board's meeting agenda today. But just about everyone on the board is comfortable that the decision-making process is nearly finished, said Darrell Jordan, a longtime advocate of improving the Cotton Bowl stadium and a candidate for Dallas mayor. "It's my understanding that they are going to vote, unanimously or nearly unanimously, to move the game to the new stadium in Arlington. That is not unexpected," Mr. Jordan said Monday. (
Dallas Morning News) Note: Both the Universities of Oklahoma and Texas have agreements with Dallas to play the annual Red River Shootout through 2010. Further agreements are pending.

Dallas may challenge for naming rights: The city of Dallas may challenge the Cotton Bowl Classic's right to its name if it loses the annual college football bowl game. At the least, Dallas is exploring its options, it announced in a statement released by city spokesman Frank Librio. The city "has engaged outside counsel to advise us on the scope of our intellectual property rights," including trademark rights, the statement read. The classic's board is meeting today, and a possible move to the Cowboys' new stadium is on the agenda. The use of the name remains an emotional flash point for some. "As far as I'm concerned, I ain't giving up the word Cotton Bowl for any other city," Dallas City Council member Mitchell Rasansky said. "The Cotton Bowl, for whatever it's worth, it is at Fair Park." The city faces major legal hurdles should it mount a challenge. The Cotton Bowl Athletic Association registered the name "Cotton Bowl Classic" in 1999 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to the agency's Web site and documents obtained by The Morning News. The organization confirmed that the document was in use in 2004, as required. (Dallas Morning News)

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