U Sports chief executive officer Pierre Arsenault says McGill University’s decision to cut 25 sports teams following the 2025-26 season is “unfortunate.”

The school said that it “carried out an extensive review process that involved discussions with internal and external stakeholders” before coming to its conclusion last Thursday.

“We spend all of our days celebrating just how complicated it is to be a student-athlete and just how significant the performances and the accomplishments of student-athletes are just to even manage that double life of being high-achieving students and high-achieving athletes at the same time,” Arsenault said.

“And so we have no doubt that it’s difficult news for both student-athletes and coaches, and we understand that whenever an institution makes choices li

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