The Pitt Athletic Department has confirmed the new logo through a press release to the media, an e-mail to Panther Club members, and on the website.
The University of Pittsburgh’s torch-cut Panther head, first unveiled in 1997, is being reintroduced with a sleeker, more polished look. The new mark is the result of the creative efforts of the Pitt Athletic Department and Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC).
I called that they would use the word “sleeker”. By the way, we also know who to blame for coming up with this.
But wait, there’s more of this drivel…
The new Panther head will be a secondary mark for Pitt Athletics. The primary logo will remain the arching block-style PITT, first introduced in 2005. The PITT logo will continue to be the featured mark on the uniforms for each of the University of Pittsburgh’s 19 intercollegiate teams.
“We have been known as Pitt for more than a century and that name and logo will continue to be our primary identity,” Athletic Director Jeff Long said. “After receiving consistent public feedback, we felt the time was right to give our Panther head a more refined, contemporary look and one that is easily reproduced and recognized.”
Merchandise with the “sleeker” Panther will be available in stores beginning July 2. Those of you who can’t wait that long can shop on the Pitt online store which is carrying the new clothing as we speak.
I’m still trying to figure out how embarrassing this will be. Will it be emblazoned on the basketball court? Or just a small patch on the football pants? God help Pitt if this is more of the former than the latter.
I agree with JLA that it will be pretty tragic if they ever put this on center court or the helmet sides or something. I’m not in love with the arched-block Pitt either, but it’s the better of the two.
I’m not ready to blame the AD office as much as some of you are. I don’t know what goes on or what they’re told by the merchandise people or shoe company people or graphic designers or whatever. But whoever those people are, they suck at their jobs. Or at least the job they do for Pitt. I’ve seen high schools that have better logos and uniforms than Pitt.
I think we should just change our name to the Navy/Notre Dame Ghostbuster Dog-Beasts.
Ferrum College Logo
link to ferrum.edu
Lagrange High School
link to lagrange.edu
Hill billy Darby High School
link to sticksup.com
Florida Institute of Tech
link to fit.edu
Or perhaps they should have just shopped here.
link to rivalart.com
These are all better then what we have been stuck with!
