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The Varsity Cup Championship is a college rugby competition established in 2012 to serve as an invitational championship following the breakaway of several schools from Division 1-A Rugby.〔("USA Rugby: What BYU won was a mythical championship" ), Deseret News.〕 The Varsity Cup is organized by United World Sport, the same organization that runs the USA Sevens tournament and the Collegiate Rugby Championship.〔http://unitedworldsports.com/our-properties/〕 The 2014 Varsity Cup final was televised by NBC Sports on NBCSN.〔("Varsity Cup creates promotional broadcast partnership with NBC, UWS" ), Varsity Cup.〕 The Varsity Cup's ability to get onto television was seen as a boost to the Varsity Cup and to the rugby programs of the member schools.〔("Varsity Cup, USA 7s parent, NBC in landmark pact" ), Gainline, June 21, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2014.〕 The development of the Varsity Cup post-season tournament has created some controversy. The Varsity Cup Championship doesn't replace Division 1-A Rugby, and it is endorsed by USA Rugby.〔("BYU Rugby joins Varsity Cup Championship" ), Provo Daily Herald, July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2014.〕 The schools participating in the Varsity Cup often refer to it as a national championship, but with the rival Division 1-A Rugby post-season tournament running concurrently, USA Rugby does not consider the Varsity Cup to be the national championship.〔("USA Rugby: 'What BYU won ... was a mythical championship'" ), Deseret News. May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2014.〕 The founding schools formed the Varsity Cup with a number of goals in mind. One was the ability to manage and control their playoff games. Another was to develop a tournament with commercial appeal, that would generate revenue from attendance and concessions, and that would generate marketing exposure through TV coverage.〔("New college 15s championship points to business goals" ), Gainline, July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2014.〕 ==Teams== The teams invited to compete in the Varsity Cup are from schools where rugby enjoys varsity status or at least advanced club status.〔 *Utah was supposed to be one of the eight teams participating in the 2013 inaugural Varsity Cup, but the Utah rugby team was suspended by the school,〔("University of Utah suspends its club rugby program " ), Salt Lake Tribune, April 3, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.〕 with Central Washington replacing Utah in the 2013 Varsity Cup.〔("Central Washington Replaces Utah in Varsity Cup" ), This is American Rugby, April 5, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2014.〕 *Arkansas State committed in 2014 to join the Varsity Cup beginning in 2015, in significant part due to the ability of the tournament to improve the name recognition of the school's rugby program.〔("Arkansas State Joins Expanding Varsity Cup" ), Rugby Today, July 2, 2014.〕 *Arizona State joined the Varsity Cup in 2015 to increase the prowess of their Olympic athletes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Varsity Cup Adds Arizona State )〕 *Oklahoma was supposed to participate in the 2015 Varsity Cup but had to forfeit their scheduled match vs. Utah due to the use of ineligible players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oklahoma Makes it Official - No Varsity Cup )〕 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 Cup Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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