Custom Team Shirts or Pins

Updated 09/18/26

Texas Odyssey of the Mind sell team shirts and trading pins at each competition. This is our main source of income to keep the competition fees low.

Active memberships are allowed to produce their own T-shirts and similar items bearing any of the Odyssey of the Mind words or registered marks for their own use (not for competition use), following the guidelines of trademark use in the Program Guide, as well as local guidelines.

If a competitive team intends to wear their membership custom shirts at regional or state competition, instead of the official TX Odyssey shirts, they will incur a $100 Custom Shirt fee per team/per competition - unless a team has also purchased an official shirt during presales. The procedure is the same whether they are called spirit shirts, club shirts, team shirts. Primary teams are exempt from the Custom Shirt fee.

Competitive Teams who wear custom shirts at competition without design pre-approval, will incur an increased Custom Shirt fee of $150 per team/per competition.

Memberships cannot sell custom OM items as fundraisers and are subject to specific rules. Permission must be obtained before any production. Contact directors@txodyssey.org for questions.

Procedure for custom shirts with Odyssey of the Mind

a) Shirt design rules

  • Shirts are given to teams at cost and NOT used as a fundraiser.

  • The design must not incorporate any use of A.I.

  • You cannot use the phrases Texas, TX, our named TX regions, World Finals, WF. 

  • You cannot use the TX state shape, cowboy hats or boots, art cows or thematically any of our current pin designs. 

  • You cannot match the colors of any TXOM shirts for the current academic year. Maroon is disallowed as well, as it is the designated color of Officials shirts at World Finals.

  • Shirts must indicate the school name, following the naming rules of the membership sign (see Program Guide) and the academic year (or just the spring year).

  • Teams must still observe TXOM specific dress code when applicable (specifically at World Finals).

  • Shirt designs must be pre-approved each year by TXOM.

b) Process for shirt approval

  • Submit this Google form and email designs to directors@txodyssey.org, allowing one week for review and approval.

  • You can provide the general idea for preliminary review before incurring any design costs, but the actual design must be submitted for final approval.

Procedure for school or team pins

a) Pin design rules

  • Pins are given to teams at cost and NOT used as a fundraiser.

  • The design must not incorporate any use of A.I.

  • You cannot use the phrases Texas, TX, our named TX regions, World Finals, WF. 

  • You cannot use the TX state shape, cowboy hats or boots, art cows or thematically any of our current pin designs. 

  • Pins must indicate the school name, following the naming rules of the membership sign (see Program Guide) and the academic year (or just the spring year).

  • Custom Pins are limited to 2 pins per team member.

  • You should be careful with any copyright issues and make sure you understand the rules about copyright as your team bears ALL responsibility for infringement, per the Program Guide rules.  States and teams have been sued in the past when they violate copyright laws. Pins based on the intellectual property of existing companies are strongly discouraged.  CCI (OdysseyHQ) is reserving the right to disallow usage of any shirts or pins with copyright infringement issues during World Finals.  

  • Your team shall follow the general guidelines for pin trading and no pins should be sold to others, only traded fairly.  Pins cannot be represented as official Texas pins.

b) Process for pin approval

  • Submit this Google form then email the designs to directors@txodyssey.org, allowing one week for review and approval.

  • You can provide the general idea for preliminary review before incurring any design costs, but the actual design must be submitted for final approval.