Jay Bilas vs. Barney

[timmy c]

Interesting article on Jay Bilas
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The highlight of the article was this little story,

Bilas, who latched on with the Charlotte, N.C.-based firm Moore and Van Allen in the early ’90s, was the lead attorney for Morris Costumes, a costume rental giant that came under fire for copyright infringement.

The plaintiff? Barney the dinosaur.

“They wouldn’t settle, so we went to trial,” Bilas said. “So I went to trial against Barney the purple dinosaur in federal court. And I actually had to subpoena Barney to the trial.”
The plaintiffs did not want to grant his request because of the cost and the manpower behind wrangling the children’s television celebrity.

They argued that there was no way the costumed individual, who would measure 6-9 and weigh more than 250 pounds, could possibly sit inside U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen’s courtroom.

That explanation didn’t fly for Bilas — a star forward at Duke, who played professionally for the Dallas Mavericks and in Europe.

“Well your honor, I’m 6-8, 240,” Bilas said. “And I made it in here just fine.”

I guess Jay > Barney!

[BD80]

Jay's experience battling Barney must be why he is so comfortable dealing with Digger

Wasn't Digger the littler brown dinosaur added to the Barney cast who had to have everything explained to him?

[wilko]

Jay just linked this from his twitter... and I just stole it for my new avatar

[Dr. Tina]

Jay just linked this from his twitter... and I just stole it for my new avatar

Okay, I so want that t-shirt! Where can we get one?

[wilko]

Where can we get one?

I don't know. Best I can tell from doing a quick google search is that this is put out by the VCU contingent. They are razzing Jay a bit for his early comments saying they shouldn't have been included in the Tourney field ... or something close to that effect.

No idea where to buy one... not on the school store page.

Any more info would be appreciated.

[timmy c]

Okay, I so want that t-shirt! Where can we get one?

have you thought about making your own? Contact your local screen printing shop. You could mitigate some of the design cost by finding several people who also want a t-shirt.

[timmy c]

No idea where to buy one... not on the school store page.

Any more info would be appreciated.

More info. as requested...

Here is a Washington Post article about the aforementioned t-shirt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...CkHC_blog.html

Sounds like they're not for sale yet. I think this guy is missing out on a major opportunity!