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Japanese Kentucky and Jacksonville State of the Ohio Valley Convention are leaving for the Atlantic Solar Convention and will likely be a part of a brand new FCS league, according to a Kentucky radio station.
They develop into the most recent applications to go away their present league for the A-Solar. Central Arkansas introduced final week it was leaving the Southland Convention for the A-Solar.
It was lengthy suspected Japanese Kentucky and Jacksonville State had been bolting the Ohio Valley, however nothing was official.
It nonetheless is not, technically.
It seems somebody in Japanese Kentucky’s athletic division prematurely posted a Frequently Asked Questions page on its website that included information that EKU, Jacksonville State and Central Arkansas were joining the A-Sun. The web page was captured and posted on the Kentucky Sports activities Radio web site together with an accompanying article.
It indicated the three colleges will be part of the A-Solar on July 1, 2021.
The addition of EKU and Jacksonville State offers the A-Solar 5 soccer colleges because it launches into turning into a brand new FCS league. They’ll be part of Central Arkansas, Kennesaw State and North Alabama.
As Central Arkansas athletic director Brad Teague mentioned final week, the convention hopes so as to add another soccer college to make it eligible for an automated bid to the FCS playoffs. Whereas two different football-playing colleges — FCS non-scholarship Stetson of the Pioneer Soccer League and Soccer Bowl Subdivision unbiased Liberty — will likely be members of the Atlantic Solar for others sports activities, they won’t be part of the brand new soccer league.
“The first focus of our subsequent enlargement section will likely be to maneuver to 6 (6) soccer members that play scholarship FCS soccer,” the FAQ web page reads.
As with different current convention realignment, the A-Solar transfer advantages basketball and different sports activities by permitting the league to separate into two divisions. That can enable extra bus journey and lower down on prices.
The total Atlantic Solar Convention will seem like this after July 1 (colleges that make up the A-Solar soccer league have an asterisk):
Bellarmine College
College of Central Arkansas*
Japanese Kentucky College*
Florida Gulf Coast College
Jacksonville College
Jacksonville State College*
Kennesaw State College*
Liberty College
Lipscomb College
College of North Alabama*
College of North Florida
Stetson College
The departure of Jacksonville State and Japanese Kentucky leaves the Ohio Valley soccer convention with seven groups: Japanese Illinois, Murray State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, Southeast Missouri and Austin Peay.
Jacksonville State, situated in Alabama, superior to the FCS title recreation after the 2015 season, dropping to North Dakota State in Frisco, Texas.
