Merriam-Webster defines a team as "a group on one side". In 2023, a team from the Ontario college that hosted the national governing body's annual general meeting entered the CCAA Hall of Fame. Inducting more teams from coast-to-coast is long overdue.

The initial announcement of the 2023 CCAA Hall of Fame class raised some eyebrows.  The April 6, 2023 posting on the national governing body's website listed 11 individuals. At the time, the CCAA Operating Code stated " ... a minimum of one (1) and no more than ten (10) individuals/teams shall be honoured each year ..." A subsequent website posting on May 16, 2023 indicated that a badminton pairing would be inducted in the athlete category resulting in 10 inductions. In addition, the CCAA Operating Code indicated that athletes must have earned CCAA recognition a minimum of two years which included CCAA National Championship participation.

While the badminton pairing's accomplishments of three straight finishes atop the podium is worthy of lasting recognition, consideration should have happened in a team category not an athlete category. Provincial sport halls of fame have categories that recognize "two or more individuals" as a team.

Following the 2023 induction, revisions to the Hall of Fame section occurred. Instead of taking the logical step forward to address the controversy surrounding the pick by creating a distinct team category, the decision makers did the opposite up by removing all references to teams. Changes to eligibility criteria were implemented as well.

Team achievements often transcend a CCAA title. Two hockey teams that raised the CCAA Championship Bowl downed eventual CIAU champs in exhibition play. Another was the first post secondary hockey team from the Atlantic Provinces to win a national title.

Without a team category, the CCAA Hall of Fame is not complete.

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