Five SFU Football players have filed an injunction in the Supreme Court of British Columbia to halt the university’s heavily-criticized decision to cancel its varsity football program last week.
In a separate civil claim, the players allege the decision by Simon Fraser University breached their contract despite its offer to honour their academic scholarships for one more year.
“These players all came to SFU based on promises … that they would play football and get a great education,” said lawyer Peter Gall outside the Supreme Court of B.C. on Thursday afternoon.
“So with very little notice the program is now being terminated. We
