• Every letter has a city of origin, and varsity letters come from Var City. One time, someone misheard it as “varsity” and the name stuck.

  • Some letters drop out of high school because they are unruly, some graduate and get a job immediately to help out at home. The really rich letters that don’f have any financial pressure go varsity.

  • Some letters are born to be varsity letters; other letters abuse steroids to become varsity.

  • They're not, not really. We just say that to make the jocks feel special. They play better sportsball when they feel special.