Notice of civil claim alleges SFU breached its contract with players.
That's what a notice of civil claim filed against Simon Fraser University is asking for after the sudden cancellation of the Red Leafs football program on April 4.
The filing alleges the school broke a contract with the players by scrapping the football program permanently. "It [the injunction] essentially helps with the accountability of the university," SFU Football Alumni Society president Mark Bailey told the NOW during an April 12 interview. In an interview a day after the cancellation of the program was announced, SFU athletic director Theresa Hanson told the NOW that the school explored "all avenues" to keep the program going.
"And in recent years, there's been a number of Div. II football schools that have discontinued their programs across our conference that we played in [Great Northwest Athletic Conference] and across Div. II. In January of this year, the Lone Star Conference council presidents had voted not to renew Simon Fraser in another two-year affiliate agreement. So, it was, at that time, with that announcement, we found that we have no place to play as of 2024.
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