is it the same thing as that tho? making t shirts is very clearly using the trademark, but reporting on it is protected (there is precedent).
even if the journalistic merits of a particular publication are slight to say it nicely (tabloids, etc.) they have been found to be protected as free press before.
i'm not sure how it would work out, but if it has been battled out in court i'd be interested to see how it went. i'm pretty sure almost all fights with the nfl end
with the first letter sent to the fan site or the web server.