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CHARLOTTE, Nc. -- An area Charlotte entrepeneur has stumbled across a page on the U.S. Patent website that may or may not contain a new logo and possibly a new mascot for the city's OSFL franchise.
Donald Breukenmeyer, 43, of nearby Gastonia, was searching through the site Monday morning when he searched for "midevil" and the now infamous page came up as one of the search results. "I search the site four, maybe five times a day, for hours at a time," said Breukenmeyer. "I get ideas for my own inventions by exposing the flaws of the weaker patents."
Breukenmeyer, who is unemployed, immediately ran upstairs and told his parents. His father directed him to the Charlotte Observer website and news of the logo began to spread around the area.
Charlotte Cougar Team President of Football Operations Jake Wolf tried to downplay the patent at his weekly presser on Wednesday, but the comments did little to kill the buzz around the new logo. "The sometimes good and bad side of professional athletic competition is that unfortunately it is a business," Wolf stated. "As a business, we are constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve. Every business, and for that matter, every professional team that you know of is continuously creating and patenting new ideas, including logos, so that the competition does not get there first. Without knowledge of the patent in question, I feel very comfortable telling you that this situation is no different."
Charlotte went 2-14 last year in the now-premier OSFL, who this year passed the NFL in ticket sales and overall revenue. The Cougars hold the first pick in the upcoming 2010 draft, something Wolf says is more of a focus around the office than a logo change.
"I will say that we are wanting to go in a new direction, create a new image for the team," Wolf continued. "I feel that the very best way to do that is by drafting and recruiting the best players on the field and as men off the field. That being said, the buzzword around the offices this year is change. We are taking a new approach from the original owner and front office, and our team will reflect that."
Breukenmeyer's father, Ronald, likes the logo, but claims his opinion means nothing. "I've always been more of a Gainesville fan myself. But I like the logo, and I do think that we are looking at the Charlotte 'Somethings' for next year. This Wolf guy never said 'no' about the change. But the fans here in Charlotte are passionate, passionate about Charlotte football, not Cougar football. I think you could slap a monkey on the side of a helmet and the fans would still come out."
Donald Breukenmeyer, 43, of nearby Gastonia, was searching through the site Monday morning when he searched for "midevil" and the now infamous page came up as one of the search results. "I search the site four, maybe five times a day, for hours at a time," said Breukenmeyer. "I get ideas for my own inventions by exposing the flaws of the weaker patents."
Breukenmeyer, who is unemployed, immediately ran upstairs and told his parents. His father directed him to the Charlotte Observer website and news of the logo began to spread around the area.
Charlotte Cougar Team President of Football Operations Jake Wolf tried to downplay the patent at his weekly presser on Wednesday, but the comments did little to kill the buzz around the new logo. "The sometimes good and bad side of professional athletic competition is that unfortunately it is a business," Wolf stated. "As a business, we are constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve. Every business, and for that matter, every professional team that you know of is continuously creating and patenting new ideas, including logos, so that the competition does not get there first. Without knowledge of the patent in question, I feel very comfortable telling you that this situation is no different."
Charlotte went 2-14 last year in the now-premier OSFL, who this year passed the NFL in ticket sales and overall revenue. The Cougars hold the first pick in the upcoming 2010 draft, something Wolf says is more of a focus around the office than a logo change.
"I will say that we are wanting to go in a new direction, create a new image for the team," Wolf continued. "I feel that the very best way to do that is by drafting and recruiting the best players on the field and as men off the field. That being said, the buzzword around the offices this year is change. We are taking a new approach from the original owner and front office, and our team will reflect that."
Breukenmeyer's father, Ronald, likes the logo, but claims his opinion means nothing. "I've always been more of a Gainesville fan myself. But I like the logo, and I do think that we are looking at the Charlotte 'Somethings' for next year. This Wolf guy never said 'no' about the change. But the fans here in Charlotte are passionate, passionate about Charlotte football, not Cougar football. I think you could slap a monkey on the side of a helmet and the fans would still come out."
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