Thread:Edkaufman/@comment-61371-20120324202734/@comment-61371-20120325195137

They're an official Avengers franchise. It's comparable to the various X-Men-in-training squads. Not strictly Avengers, but officially associated, and in the last Handbook update, the Academy staff was counted amongst the Avengers personnel, but not amongst the team membership (though MOST have been Avengers before. I think the sole exception amongst the teaching staff was Speedball).