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Originally Posted by isaidso
The result has been that SFU is completely off the radar when it comes to university sports in Canada. It's like SFU doesn't even exist. SFU who? If people have heard of SFU they certainly don't think they field any sports teams.
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That's actually quite true now that you mention it.
Ironically, playing in a U.S. competition is seen as the big time by (most? many?) Canadians, but Simon Fraser only seems to get around 500-1000 fans to their football games.
That's no better or even a lot worse than many Canadian university programs.
Though I have to say that historically Simon Fraser has produced tons of players for the CFL. Perhaps more than any university in Canada. Though that status as a CFL breeding ground has levelled off. I did a quick check and barely more than a half-dozen of their grads were on CFL clubs last year. When I was a kid it seemed like every team had 2-3-4 of them.