Football-only members of SFU Hall of Fame want out
Canadian Football Hall of Famers Lui Passaglia, Dave Cutler and Doug Brown are among 11 football-only members of the Simon Fraser University Sports Hall of Fame who are demanding they be removed from the shrine over the school’s decision to cease its football program.
On April 13, five football players — quarterback Gideone Kremler, defensive backs Kimo Hiu, Andrew Lirag and Ryan Barthelson and linebacker Dayton Ingenhaag — launched a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court against SFU to compel the school to reinstate its football program. “I don’t wish to be affiliated with or have my prior football career ‘bring excellence’ to a university that no longer recognizes collegiate football as a worthwhile entity or endeavour for young amateur athletes throughout British Columbia,” Passaglia said in a statement.
Cutler was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1998 following 16 seasons with Edmonton . He earned six Grey Cup championship rings with the franchise, including five straight .
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