Varsity Brands is the parent company that has links to the national cheerleading competition in the United States. The company produces clothing for football, cheerleading, and dancing activities, with its subsidiary units and programs that organize and organize the most organized cheerleading activities in the United States. Involvement in cheerleading activities includes the ownership of subsidiaries and programs that conduct competitions and camps. In particular, the vastness of Varsity Brands Inc.'s influence. having more of a cheerleading activity has led to a discussion of potential conflicts of interest including his interests related to the problem of competitive cheerleading classification as a sport in the United States.
Varsity Brands Inc. consists of three companies: Varsity Spirit, which sells uniforms, organizes competitions, and runs cheerleaders and dance camps; Herff Jones, who is a provider of graduation and education products such as class rings, jewelry, hats and dresses, yearbook and product introductions; and BSN Sports, distributors of uniforms and sports equipment.
Varsity Brands made the news in 2014 when it began negotiations to be acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners, a private equity group.
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Potential conflicts of interest
While holding an interest in the cheerleading clothing business, Varsity Brands Inc. have subsidiaries and programs:
- Responsible for conducting a national cheerleading competition, in which the scoring system is related to the promotion of Varsity Brand products. The recent court ruling gives an example: "During the" spirit "part of the competition, cheerleading teams are given points to use props, such as pom poms, sold by Varsity Brands, the more props the team uses, the more points the team receives ".
- Supervise and certify practitioners responsible for security in cheerleading activities.
- Institutionalize high financial costs to participate in competitive cheerleading.
This conflicts of interest are the main focus of Season 8, episode 1 of Penn & amp; Teller: Nonsense!
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Program and subsidiary
Programs and subsidiaries of Varsity Brands Inc. include:
- The American Cheerleading Guides and Administrators' Association (AACCA)
- Conduct cheerleading and risk management education.
- National Council for Spirit & amp; Education (NCFSSE)
- Provide safety training and certification programs.
- American Cheerleader Magazine
- National Cheerleaders Association (NCA)
- Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA)
- The Society of States of the Spirit (USA)
- Universal Dance Association (UDA)
- National Dance Alliance (NDA)
- American Cheer Power (ACP)
- American Cheerleaders Association (ACA)
- World Spirit Federation (WSF)
- Spirit Sports (SS)
- All Star Challenge (ASC)
- V! ROC - Choreography (VROC)
- Varsity TV (VTV)
- US. All Star Federation (USASF)
- Spirit Cheer (SC)
- Cheerleading.com (C)
- Cheerleading Technique Camps (CTC)
- International All-Level Championship (IALC)
- Spirit Xpress Cheerleading (SXC)
- American Championships (TAC)
- The Athletics Championships (AC)
- Varsity Spirit Fashions (VSF)
- Cheerleader & amp; Danzteam (CDT)
- Uniform Varsity (VU)
- Universal Dance Association (UDA)
- Ozone (O)
The Largest American School Contest
In 2015, Varsity Brands created the Most Exciting Middle School Contest in America. High schools from 33 countries are represented in the inaugural contest. In September 2015, Vista Murietta High School in California was announced as the winner. The school received $ 25,000 from Varsity Brands.
Varsity Brands School Spirit Awards
In 2016, Varsity Brands launches the Varsity Brands School Spirit Award. This award includes sixteen different categories. Each winner receives a prize money, adding up to $ 25,000 in awards from Varsity Brands.
References
External links
- Official website
- Varsity Brands, Inc., Company Profile: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=318844 disclosure of SEC's
- by Varsity Brands Inc., including a discussion of potential business risks associated with security issues and the classification of cheerleading as a sport: http://www.secinfo.com/dr4ur.59y.htm
- Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc. at SCOTUSblog
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