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Trademark Use and Royalty Policy, Continued
6) Merchandise Policy Applications
If a member school contracts with a licensed vendor to produce merchandise, the licensed vendor is responsible to pay applicable royalty fees directly to the IHSA, plus any fees due to the host school included in the separate business agreement. If a member school does not use a licensed vendor, but produces its own merchandise bearing the IHSA name or any IHSA trademarks, the member school itself is responsible to pay the applicable eight percent (8%) royalty fee directly to the IHSA. For Example, a t-shirt maker produces 100 shirts for a regional and sells them to the host school for $5.00 each. The licensed vendor is liable to the IHSA for eight percent (8%) of the sale price (100 shirts x $5.00 x .08%, $40 total royalty due). The member school retains the difference between the price it paid the licensed vendor for the shirts and the gross sales revenue generated for any shirts it sells at retail.
Q. May a licensed vendor sell wholesale to a vendor who is not a member school hosting the State Series Event?
A. Yes, but the royalty fee to be paid to the IHSA by the licensed vendor producing the merchandise shall be computed at the
licensed vendor’s retail rate, and not the wholesale rate charged to the member school.
7) Q.
A. All licensed vendors pay royalty fees directly to the IHSA, and Tournament Managers need only to inform the IHSA on
Who Collects and Submits Royalty Fees to the IHSA?
the regular state series financial report form the name of the company and contact person with whom the member school
entered into business agreements in areas covered by the IHSA Trademark Use and Royalty Policy.
A. If a member school produces its own printed pieces with ads, and/or event merchandise, the member school pays royalty
fees directly to the IHSA and reports on the regular state series financial report form.
32. Corporate Sponsorship Policy
Schools and business in Illinois have a long history of partnership. The Illinois High School (IHSA) shall allow corporate involvement in its interscholastic activities through carefully constructed relationships with companies and organizations to generate income, promote interscholastic participation, and create savings that benefit its member schools and the students who attend them. The guiding philosophy of this corporate partner involvement will be to balance the IHSA’s commitment to education, integrity and quality with acceptance of financial support for its interscholastic activities, related programs and membership services. Through corporate partners, the IHSA shall maintain a conscious and consistent effort to assure that the Association’s commitment to its constitutional objectives are not compromised.
The Association shall place limits on the amount of corporate partners, the scope of their corporate involvement, use of the IHSA marks and the level of corporate identification with IHSA events. The Association shall insist that its corporate partners be quality companies that are supportive of the Association’s responsibility to develop educational programs that benefit its member schools and the students who attend
them. Balancing the interests of the parties requires the establishment and clear identification of realistic goals and expectations. Flexible thinking and an honest effort to accommodate divergent interests are prerequisites to a successful program. The corporate partners must be willing to adapt their promotional activities to the constraints of the Association’s philosophy and the IHSA must be sensitive to the practical needs of the corporate partners to use the relationship in beneficial ways.
The Association appreciates and is fully aware of the reality that there must be real benefit and value to corporate partners which participate with the IHSA. Efforts will be made by the Association to enable its corporate partners to promote sales through their relationships with the IHSA, identification with IHSA events and programs that benefit the member schools. The viability and success of any corporate involvement requires that the participants—the IHSA and each corporate partner—benefit from the relationship.
It is impossible to develop a detailed set of rules and regulations defining permitted commercial activities by corporate partners. It is practical, however, to agree upon certain guiding principles reflecting the values of the Association which must be respected:
1. The Association is committed to education, integrity, amateurism, fairness and good sportsmanship.
2. The Association is committed to assuring that the focus of the events, activities and programs is on the member schools and the
students who attend them.
3. The Association is committed to the highest level of quality in all of its activities and relationships.
4. The Association is committed to maintain fiscal responsibility that enables it to promote and administer interscholastic programs
and events which facilitate optimum experiences for its member schools and the students who attend them.
5. The Association is committed to supporting and providing services for its member schools and the students who attend them.
Adherence to the constitutional objectives of the IHSA and respect for its values should enable corporate partners to utilize their relationships with the Association in meaningful and beneficial ways.
IHSA corporate partners involvement is founded on quality, integrity and highly regarded values. Intelligent, informed, good faith commitment by the participants will assure the long-term well-being of the involvement.
33. IHSA Member School Publicity Policy
Each member school acknowledges that athletic contests and interscholastic competitions take place in the public. As such, there is no expectation of privacy in the images of student athletes, coaches or other participants at such events. The IHSA and/or its agents or designees may take, distribute and use photographs of student athletes, coaches, officials and other participants at such events and use the same for publicity, marketing and other appropriate purposes, including event programs. The member school will take appropriate actions to notify its student athletes, coaches and participants of this provision.
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