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NCAA lawyers target ‘Munch Madness’

  November 24, 2011

The burgeoning sex-abuse scandal involving former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky isn’t the only thing occupying the NCAA’s time. We’ve gotten word that the suits in the NCAA central office have smaller fish to fry. They’re upset about The Boston Globe’s use of the phrase “Munch Madness” in relation to its annual tournament of restaurants. They’re so upset, in fact, that NCAA lawyers have petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to prohibit the Globe from trademarking “Munch Madness.”

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