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The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Multiple sources have told Postmedia that leaving the NCAA has been a conversation at SFU for several weeks. They said concerns include going back and forth across the border for games and the new NCAA rules limiting the participation of transgender athletes. The SFU statement didn't get into specifics, though. There was no word on whether SFU features any transgender athletes. 'SFU is proud to be Canada's only NCAA team. We are working closely with the NCAA to understand evolving changes to the NCAA participation framework and how they may impact our programs and our student-athletes,' the statement read. 'It has also become more challenging to have student-athletes cross the U.S. border. Underlying these specific examples, like all post-secondary institutions, SFU needs to consider sustainability as we build successful programs. 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