can i get a ruling

[dileonardoja]

Originally Posted by Rich Ives

Check with your local intellectual property lawyer. Trademark protection is very important in the business and legal world. Just because you think it's a joke doesn't mean it is. It's serious business. Brand names matter.

Not all cars are Fords. Not all soft drinks are Coke. And not all youth baseball is Little League.

All true but I bet you wouldn't be making as big a deal of it if he said he blew his nose in a Kleenex (and it wasn't Kleenex brand) or that he put on a Band-Aid and it was made by Johnson and Johnson.

I have great respect for your umpiring knowledge but you do stand out as a big time Little League Baseball apologist. This isn't the legal world; it is the umpiring world.