USA HOCKEY INKS NEW DEALS: Inline hockey skate producer
V-Formation has signed a three-year deal making it an
official supplier of USA Hockey InLine, the USA Hockey
InLine Regional and National Championships and the USA
Hockey InLine Cup through 2001. Meanwhile, Montreal-based
ITECH Sports Products has expanded its partnership with USA
Hockey and USA Hockey InLine to become the Exclusive
Presenting Sponsor of the "Heads Up Hockey Program" through
the 2000-2001 ice hockey season (USA Hockey).
OTHER DEALS: The USA National Rugby Team has inked a
long-term sponsorship deal with adidas America, which will
provide the team with apparel, footwear and a sponsorship
fee. The deal, which covers the next two Rugby World Cups,
also establishes a licensing arrangement between adidas and
USA Rugby (USA Rugby)....NJ-based shoe retailer Footstar
reported a fourth-quarter loss of $7.6M, or $.31 a share,
"due to a one-time restructuring charge, heightened
competition and soft consumer demand for basketball
products" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/11).....About 35 Univ. of
NC-Chapel Hill students marched to the office of Chancellor
Michael Hooker wanting him "to agree to require" CLC to
"institute stricter standards" for overseas apparel
manufacturers (Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER, 2/11).
