The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society will file an injunction against the Burnaby, B.C. school to reinstate its football program. The litigation is scheduled to be filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the Alumni Society doing so on behalf of seven players on the team.
The move comes a week after school president Joy Johnson announced Simon Fraser was discontinuing its football program, effective immediately. Johnson added the decision wasn't based upon money, rather the Texas-based Lone Star Conference's announcement it would not renew its football affiliation with Simon Fraser past the 2023 campaign.
The school's decision has come under fire because the football team had a place to play this season. What's more, Simon Fraser fielded a football squad in U Sports, the governing body of university sport in Canada, from 2002 to 2009, posting a 16-47-2 record. Simon Fraser's varsity teams have been competing against NCAA Division II schools south of the border since 2010-11. While the football program ceased, Johnson said SFU will continue to field teams in 18 NCAA Division II sports.
"It is beyond devastating that the program ended so abruptly without any outreach or calls for support," CFLPA executive director Brian Ramsay wrote in an email to Johnson."You, in effect, have ended not just the program but the careers of aspiring athletes to the professional ranks.
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