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Varsity Brands Inc. is made up of three companies: Varsity Spirit, which sells uniforms, hosts competitions, and runs instructional cheerleading and dance camps; Herff Jones, which is a provider of graduation and educations products such as class rings, jewelry, caps and gowns, yearbooks and recognition products; and BSN Sports, a distributor of sports uniforms and equipment.〔Rebranding Spreads Varsity Name Around http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2014/06/03/rebranding-spreads-varsity-name-around.html〕 Recently, Varsity Brands made news when it began negotiations to be acquired by Charlesbank Capital Partners, a private equity group.〔< Varsity Brands is a holding company〔SEC Filing for Varsity Brands http://www.secinfo.com/dr4ur.72pf.htm#s3n〕 with ties to national cheerleading competitions〔AP: "Judge in Conn.: Cheerleading not a college sport" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g4qjhOHa7ww0rqi3HWMxFcupRvZgD9H3LN2G1〕〔Biediger, et al., v. Quinnipiac Univ., pp. 31-32 http://courtweb.pamd.uscourts.gov/courtwebsearch/ctxc/KX330R32.pdf〕 within the United States. The company produces apparel for football, cheerleading, and dance activities, with subsidiary units and programs that regulate and administer most organized cheerleading activities within the United States. Involvement in cheerleading activities includes its ownership of subsidiaries and programs that conduct competitions and camps. Notably, the breadth of influence Varsity Brands Inc. possesses over cheerleading activities has led to discussion of potential conflicts of interest including its interests related to the issue of the classification of competitive cheerleading as a sport in the United States.〔〔Penn and Teller, "Bullshit: Cheerleading" Season 8, Episode 1 http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/episodes.do?episodeid=136409&ep=801〕 ==Potential conflicts of interest== While holding an interest in the business of cheerleading apparel, Varsity Brands Inc. owns subsidiaries and programs: * Responsible for conducting national cheerleading competitions, where scoring systems are intertwined with promotion of Varsity Brand's products. A recent court decision provides an example: "During the “spirit” portion of the competition, cheerleading teams are awarded points for using props, such as pom poms, sold by Varsity Brands; the more props a team uses, the more points that team receives".〔 * Overseeing and certifying practitioners responsible for safety in cheerleading activities.〔 * Institutionalizing high financial costs for participation in forms of competitive cheerleading.〔〔"Cheerleading may not be a sport, but it is an industry" http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/new-economy/2010/0722/Cheerleading-may-not-be-a-sport-but-it-is-an-industry〕 These conflicts of interest were a main focus of Season 8, episode 1 of ''Penn & Teller: Bullshit!'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Varsity Brands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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