How can you make football helmets out of plastic canvas needlepoint without getting into trouble?

Answer 1

I assume by trouble, you mean with licensing restrictions and rules for specific football teams, perhaps college or NFL teams? I also assume you want to make the helmets and sell them. A way to get around licensing regulations is to make the helmets general and not include the name of the team on the helmet. I do not know if the actual logo would have to be changed a little, too, but I would assume it would have to be. Otherwise, if you wish to make exact replicas of the team logos and names and sell them, you would need to contact the schools or NFL to obtain a license to make them. I got the NFL application once and it was pretty detailed about 10 years ago when I got it, but it is not impossible to meet the requirements. As I remember it, though, it was pretty costly. There also might be a certain number you can make and sell without a license, but I doubt it. I don't think there's a market for premade plastic canvas needlepoint replicas of NFL and/or College Football helmets. You could sell them as craft kits, but not premade. How about doing these of the local high school teams? Licensing a high school team's logo wouldn't be expensive--at most a couple dollars payable to the athletic fund per helmet--and I think they'd be popular.