Smithfield Foods signs on as presenting sponsor for Commonwealth Clash
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is the world’s largest pork producer and processor. Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, it runs facilities in 26 U.S. states, including the world's largest meat-processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, and has operations in Brazil, China, France, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom.JBS S.A. acquired Smithfield Foods's beef business. It was renamed JBS Packerland.
About Property:
The Virginia–Virginia Tech rivalry is an American college rivalry that exists between the Virginia Cavaliers sports teams of the University of Virginia (called Virginia in sports media and abbreviated UVA) and the Virginia Tech Hokies sports teams of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (called Virginia Tech and abbreviated VT). The Cavaliers and Hokies had a program-wide rivalry first called the Commonwealth Challenge (2005–2007) which UVA swept 2–0 before ending the series in a show of sportsmanship following the Virginia Tech massacre. A new series called the Commonwealth Clash (2014–2019), under revised[a] rules, was also won by UVA, 3–2. Moreover, the Cavaliers lead the rivalry series in the majority of sports.