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University basketball and football should be drawing much bigger crowds here. You're all right it's the universities (literally) dropping the ball here. Vanier Cup is the biggest trophy in U-Sports (that awful name is a whole other issue), and both basketball teams have a rich history here.

With U of W's central location and almost doubled enrolment, and U of M's growing international and on/near-campus residents, plus sheer size – they should both be drawing MUCH more. It's time for a shakeup at both schools.

As an outsider that's never on campus anymore, it seems like U of W has shifted all their attention to soccer – even when I was still a student there ~5 years ago, it seemed like they were making a big push to soccer being their #1 sport. Makes sense considering the shifting demographic, but forgetting about the other sports (and what more residents are generally interested in) it seemed very odd.