You don't join the Varsity club to play football, it's a pretty unorganised setup as you'd expect.
That has definitely been the case historically but they're one of the most onto it clubs around now, pretty switched on by the looks of it with a comprehensive strategy in place and able to attract serious & talented players across all formats. Uni has always been a bit of a sleeping giant waiting for some proper organisation.
What is this strategy you speak of?
Check out this prospectus from last year - can you imagine Uni of a few years ago putting something slick like that together?
https://docs.zoho.com/file/04h6fa9d2103e19e1483f872279640f0f1ddc
Started releasing their squad lists as well: https://www.facebook.com/otagouniversityafc/
Not sure if putting together a prospectus and improving social media presence mitigates the high turnover and inherent lack of focus at OUAFC. They still pick their top two squads on reputation / before trials. They have the biggest pool of players yet still struggle to fill all teams every week.
As Brookside says, if you come to Dunedin and want to play serious football, then you don't go there.