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The Seattle Seahawks?will pay $140,000 to?Texas A&M?for limited rights to the schools 12th Man trademark as part of a new five-year deal announced Thursday between the two parties.As part of the new five-year deal obtained by ESPN, the Seahawks will pay a royalty fee of $18,000 a year for using the mark in the Pacific Northwest. The Seahawks also will have to pay $10,000 a year to the Aggies to help support the school in its fight to protect the trademark.Unlike the terms of the earlier deals, which were initiated in 2006 and re-signed in 2011, the Seahawks will no longer use 12th Man on their Ring of Honor, nor will the team use 12th Man on its social media handles. The team has never been permitted to put 12th Man on merchandise.We are obviously pleased to have in place the new agreement with the Seattle Seahawks that serves to control and minimize any use of Texas A&Ms trademark 12th Man by any entity other than Texas A&M and its authorized licensees, Texas A&M system chancellor John Sharp said in a statement.Over the past couple of years, the Seahawks have used the 12th Man phrase on fewer occasions as the team has shifted to using 12 and 12s, which Seattle has sought to own.The Seahawks filed for their first 12 trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2006 with Spirit of 12, which it became a registered owner of in 2008. Since then, the Seahawks -- under their parent company, Football Northwest -- filed for trademarks using 12 or 12s on 52 occasions.The Seahawks are the owners of 12, The 12s, We Are 12s.Texas A&M and the Seahawks began working together after the university took legal action against the team for using the phrase Texas A&M had trademarked in 1990 without its permission.After the initial lump sum of $100,000 in 2006, the Seahawks had been paying $5,000 a year. The amount of the fee in the new deal that runs through 2021 is unknown.As with the former contracts, the compensation is not expected to be large, but it is nonetheless important for the school. Having a contract for use with an NFL team further helps establish the value of Texas A&Ms trademark.In November, Texas A&M sued the Indianapolis Colts for using the 12th Man without the schools permission. The lawsuit was settled with no money changing hands after the Colts agreed to stop using it. Roman Josi Jersey . 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Soccer AMs Tubes chats to Giggs Giggs, however, is philosophical about missing out on the position at the Liberty Stadium, but he is still keen to talk to other clubs that could match his coaching vision.I spoke to them, so I was pretty close [to getting the job]! It was a good experience for me to speak to them, but like I said before, it just was not to be, he told Tubes in an interview on Soccer AM. But I also said that if there were teams that matched my ambitions, and the same philosophy and way of working - working with the youth system - realistic ambitions, a well-run club, then I would speak to them. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price I do not think that a club should just interview you, you should also interview them, and if they are not right for you, then you should have the right to turn them down.ddddddddddddometimes it is just a casual chat and then it moves on a step and you will speak again. And then it can be a presentation, power point presentations that you have learned in your coaching badges and your pro licence. Giggs was Louis van Gaals (left) assistant during his two years in charge of Manchester United It is quite relaxed at first, but if that goes well then you take it on to the next level. And that is something from the Swansea interview I learned a lot and I think like anything, the more you do things, the better you get.Either way, though, the player who won every major club honour in the game during his 29 years at the Theatre of Dreams is relaxed about when his next managerial opening may come about. Giggs (centre) won a plethora of trophies during his 29 years at Old Trafford You know what it is like in football, jobs come and go really quickly, so if it has to be next year, then so be it, said Giggs.And one man Giggs still talks to about his future, now more than during his actual playing days, is his former trophy-laden manager at United, Sir Alex Ferguson.I speak to Sir Alex all the time, he said. 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