- Feb 18, 2016
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Just some intel from myself and a friend I was talking to (I coach a high school team and also cheer on an open team at Top Gun in AZ, so a smaller location of the main branch). One of my friends has been working for Varsity since 2011, first as a UCA staffer and then I believe four years ago as an actual employee with Varsity. She got a message today that she no longer had a job due to COVID 19. So Varsity is starting to feel the pain, that much is clear, and they're beginning to lay off the non top-tier employees (she wasn't the state rep, but the step directly below that). Reached out to my uniform rep and she said the same thing, laid off today with no warning. There is no winning here, and honestly Varsity is going to be taking a huge hit no matter what ends up happening, as is every business. Multiple athletes on my team lost their jobs and can no longer pay for cheer, even if the season does continue. On the other end, the gym is still asking for tuition so they can stay afloat with the promise to waive registration fees for next season and a 10% discount on tuition for those who stick it through. The coaches are panicking because they only coach one online class a week and have lost a huge source of their income.
Long story short: every single person working in the cheer industry is getting hit by this, as are most jobs that aren't medical, grocery, or education related. Nobody knows what the other end of this will look like and no matter what happens, everybody's losing something (whether it be their final senior season, a huge chunk of money, their whole gym, etc.)
Long story short: every single person working in the cheer industry is getting hit by this, as are most jobs that aren't medical, grocery, or education related. Nobody knows what the other end of this will look like and no matter what happens, everybody's losing something (whether it be their final senior season, a huge chunk of money, their whole gym, etc.)