DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,538
JT SPORTS, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF KELLY SERVICES AND MANPOWER
NEOSHO, MISSOURI

TA-W-73,538A
JT SPORTS, LLC
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a company official on February 22, 2010 on behalf of
workers of JT Sports, LLC, Neosho, Missouri (TA-W-73,538) and
JT Sports, LLC, Corporate Headquarters, Bentonville, Arkansas
(TA-W-73,538A). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of paintballs. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product and the worker group
in Neosho, Missouri includes on-site leased workers of Kelly
Services and Manpower.
The investigation further revealed that workers of JT
Sports, LLC, Neosho, Missouri (TA-W-73,538) and JT Sports,
LLC, Corporate Headquarters, Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-
73,538A) who are engaged in employment related to the production
of paintballs meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of paintballs by the subject firm decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with paintballs produced
by JT Sports, LLC, Neosho, Missouri have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customer regarding its purchases
of paintballs during the relevant period. The survey revealed
increased customer imports of paintballs.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of paintballs by customers of JT Sports,
LLC, Neosho, Missouri contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at JT Sports,
LLC, Neosho, Missouri and JT Sports, LLC, Corporate
Headquarters, Bentonville, Arkansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JT Sports, LLC,
including on-site leased workers of Kelly Services and
Manpower, Neosho, Missouri (TA-W-73,538) and JT Sports, LLC,
Corporate Headquarters, Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,538A)
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
paintballs meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:





"All workers of JT Sports, LLC, including on-site leased
workers of Kelly Services and Manpower, Neosho, Missouri
(TA-W-73,538) and JT Sports, LLC, Corporate Headquarters,
Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,538A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
12, 2009, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 9th day of June, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance