Halifax school in court to contest AUS decision to cancel football’s Loney Bowl
The fate of a Canadian university football playoff game is scheduled for a court hearing Saturday as lawyers from Saint Mary’s University attempt a legal bid to get their team back into the Loney Bowl.
As of late Friday, the head of U Sports had said there were no plans to play the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) championship game in Wolfville, N.S.
A day earlier, AUS — the governing body for university athletics in Atlantic Canada — cancelled the matchup between Acadia and Saint Mary’s due to a player eligibility issue and awarded the regional title to the Axemen.
“The AUS made the decision it believes to be the best to protect the integrity and fairness of its football season,” U Sports president and CEO Graham Brown said Friday in a statement.