A fight for the future of the Simon Fraser University football program is headed to the B.C. Supreme Court, where the football alumni society has filed an injunction against the school’s decision to end the 57-year-old program.
, which was filed Thursday afternoon, seeks to undo the university’s decision for the 2023 season, which players and alumni criticize because the school’s contract is still active until 2024.The issue has galvanized Canada’s football community, including CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. In a letter, Ambrosie urged U Sports executives, athletic directors and football head coaches to support the continuation of Simon Fraser’s program.
In a statement provided to The Globe, the university said it “understands this decision has been challenging to hear.” It said it is meeting with players and supporting those who are transferring to other schools. “There’s trajectories and life paths that are going to be affected by this,” Kremler said, explaining that most transfer windows for other programs are closed, or have been open long enough that most scholarship money and roster spots have already been allotted. “The vast majority of guys who probably should get a look somewhere won’t.
Just end it
Perhaps SFU should not have abandoned CIS (now U Sports) in pursuit of fame in the NCAA. Regardless, get these student athletes back into a program.
Change the name Red Leaf’s and I will care.
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