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Starting with Canadian University basketball this fall. Every school, every sport to follow.

The looming issue of McGill athletic games attendance

Love Competition Hall holds 950 people. Men's basketball averaged under 300 fans three times in seven years

Zoe Babad-Palmer
The Tribune
Tigers may be great, but who's watching?

81%

of students have never attended a varsity event — and never plan to

OUA Schools Are Struggling to Attract Fans to Games

"I just want them to come out to the games, man. Is that too much to ask?"

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Canadian universities cut sports and race to fix fragile funding models

When asked if he could alter one thing about university sport in Canada, Mr. Arsenault immediately answered attendance.

“If we could change just how full the rinks are, how full the stadiums are, how full the gyms are, the pools, the tracks to watch our student athletes, the world wouldn’t be disappointed in our communities,” he said.

Simon Houpt and Jessica Kim

The Globe and Mail

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