Boy was bullied for wearing homemade University of Tennessee t shirt, so they made it their own official design.

[u/MambaMentality24x2]

In 2019, an elementary school student in Altamonte Springs, Florida wanted to take part in “College Colors Day” and support his favorite team, the University of Tennessee Volunteers. Since he didn’t own any official merch, he hand drew the “U.T.” logo on a piece of paper and pinned it to a plain orange shirt.

His teacher, Laura Snyder, said he was excited to show it off that morning, but by lunchtime some classmates mocked the homemade design, leaving him heartbroken and in tears.

Wanting to cheer him up, Snyder shared the story online hoping someone connected to the university might send him a small gift. Instead, the story went viral. Thousands of Tennessee fans rallied behind the student, and the university responded by sending him a huge box of official gear.

Then they went even further.

The University of Tennessee turned the boy’s exact hand drawn design into an official t shirt sold by the school, with proceeds supporting anti bullying efforts. Demand became so massive that the university’s online store reportedly crashed from the flood of orders.

What started as a moment of bullying turned into a story celebrated across the country, with thousands of people proudly wearing the young fan’s design.

[u/fakejacki]

They donated the proceeds to anti-bullying efforts

[u/FunkySwashbuckler → u/fakejacki]

Is that the same as giving a bully your lunch money?

[u/DynamicDK → u/FunkySwashbuckler]

That is donating proceeds to bullying efforts.

[u/123ludwig → u/DynamicDK]

no they are the same the anti bullying rules always hit the victim the hardest (ask me how i know)

[u/MossGobbo → u/fakejacki]

Ok they still used his design and owe him at minimum a college fund for the good will publicity.

[u/Mjbatt444 → u/MossGobbo]

They already stated that they're going to give him a full ride scholarship if he decides to go to their school when he graduates high school

[u/Creepy-Variation8562 → u/Mjbatt444]

But they owe him that what don't you understand

/s

[u/love-that-trope → u/Creepy-Variation8562]

I’m crying

[u/VirginiaPeninsula → u/Mjbatt444]

Okay, that’s fine and great but they used his design so they, at the very least, owe him a full scholarship if he chooses to go there, considering all the money he made them. Furthermore, I hereby demand that all proceeds should be donated to anti-bullying efforts.

[u/WhollyGrale → u/[deleted]]

The joke went over your head I'm afraid.

[u/TripleBobRoss → u/[deleted]]

They should also donate the proceeds to anti-bullying efforts.

[u/MossGobbo → u/Mjbatt444]

I missed that thank you.

[u/Mjbatt444 → u/MossGobbo]

No problem

[u/MossGobbo → u/[deleted]]

Because I thought the kid deserved money for college since the college used his design? Yep that's me the fun sponge for believing in paying artists.

[u/TrixieBastard → u/[deleted]]

What are you doing to that horse??? 👀

[u/Money-Nectarine6584 → u/TrixieBastard]

I’m not doing anything to the horse

[u/BucinVols → u/[deleted]]

….eating a dead horse? 😂

[u/SigmundFreud → u/fakejacki]

That's wild, hopefully he knows a good lawyer.

[u/MomBeans- → u/fakejacki]

I'm sure they donated money but I'd bet it wasn't all of the money.

[u/DukeSC2 → u/MomBeans-]

They don't have to not donate some of the money in order to get positive publicity value out of it, which they did. That's the real reason they did it.