When I say things like “sports culture” your first thought might be of loud people with painted faces, chanting things whilst heavily inebriated. Fair enough. I’ll say this though: it’s usually much more casual than that. So many people watch sports for fun without a serious affinity for the games, yet they still get together, watch with friends, and have fun.
UFV has a sports culture that largely isn’t present around campus. How do we fix it? There’s a few different things that the Student Union Society could do. They could organize games to be shown occasionally in the Student Union Building, like somewhat local games such as Vancouver Canucks or Seattle Seahawks matches. There even seems to be a soccer fandom at UFV, so what about some of the bigger, more popular European club matches, along with the Whitecaps to keep somewhat of a local trend going?
I’m not saying that sports is some kind of massive phenomenon at UFV and that it would galvanize the masses. I am saying, however, that there is a surprisingly large sports culture among the student demographic that would likely stop by, bring their friends, and cheer. Let’s give it a shot, SUS!
