AMARILLO, Texas — The U.S. All Star Federation and the companies behind the Allstar World Championship have reached a settlement in their federal antitrust lawsuit, according to a joint filing submitted Wednesday.
Open Championship Series and Deep South Cheer joined USASF in notifying the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division, that they have agreed to resolve all remaining claims in the case.
The terms of the settlement are confidential.
“The Parties are in the process of finalizing the settlement agreement and anticipate filing a stipulation of dismissal of all claims in this action by no later than August 27, 2026,” attorneys for both sides wrote in the August 12 filing.
The court must still approve the proposed dismissal. Until the stipulation is filed and accepted, the case has not formally concluded.
The lawsuit, filed in September 2023, accused USASF, Varsity Spirit and other organizations of participating in an unlawful group boycott and using exclusionary membership rules and other allegedly anticompetitive practices to limit competition in the All Star cheerleading event market.
The defendants contested those allegations, which were never decided by a jury.
In March 2024, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk denied motions seeking to dismiss the lawsuit, allowing the plaintiffs’ antitrust claims to proceed into discovery. The ruling did not determine whether the allegations were true. It found that the plaintiffs had presented claims sufficient for the litigation to continue.
Varsity reached a separate confidential settlement with Open Cheer and Deep South in May. That agreement removed Varsity from the litigation and left USASF as the final remaining defendant. The court subsequently directed the plaintiffs and USASF to continue mediation.
Wednesday’s agreement moves the Texas antitrust case toward its conclusion once the settlement is finalized and the dismissal is accepted by the court.
The filing does not disclose whether the agreement includes a financial payment, changes to USASF policies or any other conditions.
It also addresses only the claims pending in the Texas antitrust action.
A separate Florida trademark case involving USASF and Open Cheer remains legally distinct. In June, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit revived USASF’s claims involving “The Cheerleading Worlds” and “Worlds” marks and returned that case to the district court for further proceedings.
Wednesday’s filing does not state that the Florida trademark dispute has been settled or dismissed.
Cheer Daily has reached out to representatives for both USASF and Open Cheer for comment. This story will be updated if additional information becomes available.
