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Canadian schools are somewhere in between. Many universities have football, with the whole homecoming weekend thing, etc, like the schools in the US. Coverage isn't on national tv, except for the Vanier Cup (held in early December, right before first semester finals), though regular games are seen on cable sports channels. I think this is mostly funding and perhaps interest. At the University of Toronto, for example, people just DON'T GO to games. It's partially due to the shift in student body (many kids are immigrants or children of immigrants, and therefore didn't grow up with football, or hockey for that matter.) and partially because there's just so much to do in Toronto on Saturdays (when games take place). U of T hasn't won a game in a billion years. My undergrad school, Queen's, is located in a smaller city, with fewer immigrant/foreign students or first generation Canadians. People actually attend games, especially when a rival school (University of Western Ontario. Used to be McGill, but then the whole athletic league changed. The McGill-Queen's game used to be a very, very, very big deal that we called "Kill McGill"-LOL) and Homecoming. I've personally only been to two university football games, both during Homecoming. Canadian schools also don't give away money to atheltes. We simply can't afford to because alumni don't donate as much.
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