Templeton wanted to ditch the MSU logo and go to the M-State logo but he knew it would be a very unpopular decision, to say the least. So he made Nike the scapegoat by blaming the change on them because they had the rights to the MSU logo (because Templeton let them put that into the contract). Somehow, people never really picked up on the fact that Nike only held the rights to that one version of the logo we used in the late 90s. We could have easily gone back to any of the older versions or created a new version of the traditional MSU logo, but that didn't fit Templeton's agenda. In fact, a few years ago someone linked to the USTrademark Office website and we're still listed as the owner of the MSJ logo we used in the Felker era.