Jeff Ream Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 8 hours ago, kevingamin said: I think there are even more striking comparisons between the drum corps activity, the gymnastics activity, and the cheerleading activity. All three are amateur activities, focused mainly on young people, all with "elite" level competitive groups, and all of which have had issues with abusers within their respective activities and either a lack of action by the governing bodies or an active attempt to hide the abuse and silence the victims. and Varsity is involved in all of them at some level 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: and Varsity is involved in all of them at some level They were very uncooperative with the producers of Cheer. They wouldn’t allow any access to video of the Daytona Beach championships. And the President of Varsity actually said on camera that he didn’t like that a cheer team was participating in the show. I wouldn’t be even a little surprised if they find a way to squeeze out flomarching and take over the streaming of DCI events. I’m not saying it will happen but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. Edited February 7, 2022 by Terri Schehr 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeZ Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: They were very uncooperative with the producers of Cheer. They wouldn’t allow any access to video of the Daytona Beach championships. And the President of Varsity actually said on camera that he didn’t like that a cheer team was participating in the show. I wouldn’t be even a little surprised if they find a way to squeeze out flomarching and take over the streaming of DCI events. I’m not saying it will happen but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. Varsity already broadcasts on Flomarching. Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeZ Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Just now, MikeZ said: Varsity already broadcasts on Flomarching. Z Well Flosports. Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 minute ago, MikeZ said: Well Flosports. Z I didn’t know that. Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Terri Schehr said: They were very uncooperative with the producers of Cheer. They wouldn’t allow any access to video of the Daytona Beach championships. And the President of Varsity actually said on camera that he didn’t like that a cheer team was participating in the show. I wouldn’t be even a little surprised if they find a way to squeeze out flomarching and take over the streaming of DCI events. I’m not saying it will happen but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. if you dig up one of the old Varsity threads, there was a great article someone dug up that shows how Varsity slowly works their way in until they take over...anything they decide they want. See Stanbury 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/7/2022 at 12:16 AM, Jeff Ream said: and Varsity is involved in all of them at some level 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: if you dig up one of the old Varsity threads, there was a great article someone dug up that shows how Varsity slowly works their way in until they take over...anything they decide they want. See Stanbury So, it could happen,..🤔. Not sayin’, just sayin’… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowend Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/7/2022 at 11:04 PM, Jeff Ream said: if you dig up one of the old Varsity threads, there was a great article someone dug up that shows how Varsity slowly works their way in until they take over...anything they decide they want. See Stanbury Also DSI. Flags, shoes, podiums, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mingusmonk Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Varsity has become a partner of DCI for SoundSport. AKA "SoundSport Scholastic." https://www.varsity.com/performing-arts/soundsport-scholastic/ https://www.varsity.com/performing-arts/soundsport-divisions/ They had scheduled Marching Band division competition(s) on the books last fall (2021) that never actually happened. I wonder how long they will keep trying to make these partnerships work? Their Winterguard and Winter Percussion programs, AKA Varsity Performing Arts Winter Showcase, started 2 years ago and have failed to catch on. As a matter of fact, their website still says "Stay tuned for the 2021 date and location." https://www.varsity.com/performing-arts/winter-showcase/ Not exactly taking the marching arts by storm. We shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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