OT: Canadian Athletic Conferences & Universities

[ElGuapo]

I work in the hockey and athletic trainers markets and come across some neat things from time to time.

An invitation to a Canadian University Athletics trade show came my way today and this map blew my mind.

It's always amazing how focused we are with college athletics and conferences here in the U.S.
But if you look at the map below it appears that our neighbours to the north have things pretty tidied up.

I wish it could be this simple for us again.
Like Hockey East is.

 

[dogged1]

Our friendly neighbors to the north have way to much common sense.

 

[Waquoit]

I don't know but I assume this set-up is mandated by the government. Why do you hate freedom?

 

[dogged1]

Why would you assume I hate freedom? I just missed the days of significant regional rivalries. You remember, it was called the (original) Big East. Some people say it was a pretty good conference, but I guess that's just nostalgia.

 

[The Funster]

They aren't beholden to the almighty $ (or the Canuckian equivalent)

 

[ElGuapo]

Look at the conference pages.

Canada West - Canada West Universities Athletic Association

OUA - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)

RSEQ - RSEQ - Sport.Éducation.Fierté

AUS - AUS Home - Atlantic University Sport (AUS)

Things look just fine and dandy up there.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Sure, and the great majority of Canadian university athletics programs are almost exclusively Div III equivalents at best, travel by bus to nearby schools, don't offer athletic scholarships, etc. A single exception exists, NCAA-member Simon Fraser in BC, but even then they are sort of Div II-ish at best. UBC considered joining Simon Fraser, but stuck with the Canadian amateur model. In Mexico, Mexicali's CETYS has considered joining a California Div II conference.

 

[Chuck]

I work in the hockey and athletic trainers markets and come across some neat things from time to time.

An invitation to a Canadian University Athletics trade show came my way today and this map blew my mind.

It's always amazing how focused we are with college athletics and conferences here in the U.S.
But if you look at the map below it appears that our neighbours to the north have things pretty tidied up.

I wish it could be this simple for us again.
Like Hockey East is.


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Well it doesn't look like they have anyone in the Yukon Territory, so maybe they'd take a look at us. How's the RSEQ TV contract?

 

[billybud]

I like the french division...They are hardcore....website isn't in english.
.
tirer le coach

 

[bingethinker]

I have absolutely no reason to think this other than they are a quality AAU school in a massive market, but I've always thought the Big Ten would try to convince the University of Toronto to do what it needed to do for the conference to petition the NCAA to allow the B1G to add the Varsity Blues as a member.