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An Ohio State coach says LaVar Ball stole his logo for Big Baller Brand’s new shoes
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Here we go again.
Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith is nothing is not animated on social media.
Having picked Twitter feuds with opposing teams’ positional coaches — mostly in a college football recruiting contexts — prior, his latest target appears to be the controversial father of Lonzo Ball, LaVar Ball.
Ball famously recently unveiled a ludicrously expensive signature shoe under his own “Big Baller Brand”. The ambition is hard to knock, but the showmanship is a bit much.
Smith also thinks Ball ripped off his “Zone6” logo to do it:
What if you can't afford a logo and marketing design team?? Are you THEN, not a BIG BALLER? https://t.co/kIlvDadWWM
— Zach Smith #Zone6 (@CoachZachSmith) May 5, 2017
Zone6 is what Smith has dubbed the Ohio State wide receiving corp. Each player has gear (including dog tag style necklaces) adorned with a logo of Smith’s creation representing their brotherhood.
Has Ball (or any of his associates) ever seen the logo, or for that matter even heard of Smith and/or Zone6? We’re skeptical. But there is some unmistakably similar qualities to the logos.
Here’s the Big Baller Brand ZO2 one:
This is appears to be Lonzo Ball's new logo pic.twitter.com/u9tZ2ZKaPd
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2017
And here’s Smith’s Zone6 logo:
@bigballerbrand literally stole Zone6 logo! @CoachZachSmith time to sue this man pic.twitter.com/Kvdh9iC4iq
— Matt Lewis (@mattjosephlewis) May 5, 2017
A bit alike, but far from identical. It’s possible this is all just one big coincidence after all.
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Luke Zimmermann via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Here we go again.
Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith is nothing is not animated on social media.
Having picked Twitter feuds with opposing teams’ positional coaches — mostly in a college football recruiting contexts — prior, his latest target appears to be the controversial father of Lonzo Ball, LaVar Ball.
Ball famously recently unveiled a ludicrously expensive signature shoe under his own “Big Baller Brand”. The ambition is hard to knock, but the showmanship is a bit much.
Smith also thinks Ball ripped off his “Zone6” logo to do it:
What if you can't afford a logo and marketing design team?? Are you THEN, not a BIG BALLER? https://t.co/kIlvDadWWM
— Zach Smith #Zone6 (@CoachZachSmith) May 5, 2017
Zone6 is what Smith has dubbed the Ohio State wide receiving corp. Each player has gear (including dog tag style necklaces) adorned with a logo of Smith’s creation representing their brotherhood.
Has Ball (or any of his associates) ever seen the logo, or for that matter even heard of Smith and/or Zone6? We’re skeptical. But there is some unmistakably similar qualities to the logos.
Here’s the Big Baller Brand ZO2 one:
This is appears to be Lonzo Ball's new logo pic.twitter.com/u9tZ2ZKaPd
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) May 4, 2017
And here’s Smith’s Zone6 logo:
@bigballerbrand literally stole Zone6 logo! @CoachZachSmith time to sue this man pic.twitter.com/Kvdh9iC4iq
— Matt Lewis (@mattjosephlewis) May 5, 2017
A bit alike, but far from identical. It’s possible this is all just one big coincidence after all.
Continue reading...