Had a couple of questions and concerns that I was hoping someone here might be better informed about. I've been told that making a copy of a logo that belongs to NASCAR, NFL, MLB, etc. was pretty much O.K. as long as it was for personal use or a gift. I'm not real confident in my source of that interpretation so I thought I'd ask. I do know that when there's a profit motive involved that it's a definite no no, and expensive to boot, 'cuz the owners of the trademarks want their money direct or they want you to pay one of their licensees. I think the fee for an MLB team was something like a $100K up front fee plus a steep royalty. NFL and NASCAR was supposedly even more. I believe even college teams were something like a $10K up front plus.
Just wanna make sure that the black helicopters don't land and impound my tools in the middle of the night.