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Varsity Blues is a 1999 film about teenage angst in the fictional town of West Canaan, Texas that is engrossed in the local high school football program, and their winning-obsessed coach Bud Kilmer (played by Jon Voight). The movie stars James Vanderbeek, Paul Walker, Ali Larter, Scott Caan and Amy Smart. This movie was also filmed on location in Georgetown, Texas and even used the local high school's football stadium.

In the same year, University of Toronto sued Paramount Pictures for damaging the reputation of its sports teams, which bear the same name. U of T officials complained that it presented collegiate sports in a negative light because the fictional coach was racist, misogynist and homophobic. The lawsuit ended in Paramount settlement to University of Toronto by paying undisclosed amount to endow eight scholarships for academically accomplished student athletes at the university. In addition, a disclaimer was put on the video and book, indicating that the team depicted is fictional and not based on the U of T Varsity Blues athletic program. Varsity Blues name was trademarked in mid-1980s.

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