The recent announcement that Carleton will be reinstating a men’s varsity football team in 2013 also comes with the news that the university will also be offering varsity status to a women’s team in the same year.
Although many have speculated that this will be the women’s rugby team, Carleton’s director of recreation and athletics Jennifer Brenning said that a decision on which team will be chosen has yet to be reached.
Brenning said a committee will be meeting in the fall to deliberate. Members will include representatives from the Carleton University Students’ Association, Graduate Students’ Association, and Rideau River Residence Association, a varsity council member, as well as faculty and alumni.
“We like to have a consensus,” she said with regards to the decision process.
Brenning also said that the result will be made public in mid-October.