The University issued a cease and desist letter to Cosmic Run, a 5K race with fluorescent colors, on Wednesday, demanding the organization discontinue the use of the LSU name in connection with the race.
The letter was sent after a post on the race’s Facebook page Tuesday stated the race, originally planned for March 15, would have to be reschedule and location of the run would be moved.
“Baton Rouge – Unfortunately, LSU made the unexpected decision not to host the event despite our mutual plans to bring the event on campus. As a result, we have been forced to reschedule the event to April 19th with a new venue, Airline Highway Park. We realize this is a huge inconvenience, but it’s important that you know we did everything in our power to keep the event at LSU. Unfortunately, LSU unexpectedly made this decision despite our mutual plans for the original date,” the post says.
The University’s letter claims there’s was never an agreement on LSU’s part to partner with Cosmic Run, after the race failed to meet the school’s requirements to hold an event on its campus. The letter also states Cosmic Run should issue a refund for people who bought tickets for the event because of false claims of the event location with authorization from LSU.
“Further, you should correct the factual misstatement made on your Facebook page that LSU was ever your ‘venue partner,’ or had agreed to a ‘mutual plan’ to hold the event on the LSU campus, and make a similar correction in any other media in which you made that misstatement,” the letter says.
LSU issues cease and desist letter to Cosmic Run organizer
March 5, 2014