Comments on: USFL Advertisement Wins The Phoenix Project Contest

By: Steve S.

Steve S. — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:49:27 +0000

This is almost straight out of the (AAFL) All American Football League’s plans. Only difference is that the AAFL is that it is a spring league (taking that from the original USFL) and all players would have to have a 4 year degree. All players would be employed by the league to keep salaries in check. Additionally, the league would attempt to rent university faculities like stadiums and use colors similar to the major university (Team Michigan uses Blue and Mazie; Team Michigan will be using Ford Field although).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_Football_League
Plus, there is schedule a new USFL to start in 2010 as a spring league.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Football_League_(2010)
http://www.newusfl.com/

http://www.allamericanfootballleague.com/

By: Garland Pollard

Garland Pollard — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:47:13 +0000

Dig Sandy: Ouch! In defense of the art comps , the idea of the contest was to come up with positioning, rather than an ad that actually ran. A single image presented to a board or marketing committee can’t have that depth. So as a judge, I was looking much for the the idea behind the brand revamp, rather than whether the art was perfect. In the case of one of the entries for Climax, the student reminded the judges of this, but I should have put a mention of that on all of the entries.

Shackit: Actually, the error in the campaign for Radio Shack was mine.

By: Shackit

Shackit — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:55:20 +0000

I question the following ”

“Ruth Hartman felt that RadioShack’s “You’ve Got Answers” was an excellent campaign…
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The campaign was “You’ve got questions, We’ve got Answers.”

By: dig sandy

dig sandy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:04:10 +0000

The USFL entry won first prize? The artwork is terribly amateurish! (Do like the idea of locals only playing on teams, though.) The third place Mister Donut piece is brilliant, although I guess it would be next to impossible to execute in print ads, etc. Overall, I am disappointed in the quality of the entries. I lived in Savannah for years, and am there all the time now even though I live 2.5 hours away. I’m used to much higher quality work by SCAD students.