Poor conditions caused by excessive dumping of snow and debris on the site through an unusually harsh winter had threatened the field's approval by the provincial body that governs university athletics.
Back campus is used for both women's and men's varsity rugby and lacrosse.
It is also used for many intramural sports including soccer, touch football and rugby. The field was so badly damaged that all summer activities that usually make use of the back campus, such as Camp U of T and the summer softball league, had to be moved elsewhere for the entire summer. Professor Bruce Kidd, dean of physical education and health, said efforts are under way to find an alternative site for snow clearing to avoid this problem in the future.