CaptainProbasco
12-11-2011, 07:40 PM
This has been rumored for some time, and was officially announced a few days ago:
NKU is joining the Atlantic Sun Conference. (http://www.kypost.com/dpp/news/local_news/nku-officially-moves-to-division-i-athletics1323393386309)
Originally they tried to get in the Horizon League (which is mostly a conference full of their academic peers like Cleveland State, Wright State, Youngstown State, etc.), but were turned down because the Horizon doesn't want to split Butler's tournament money with anyone else. Then they tried to get in the Ohio Valley, but word on the street is that they were turned down because the conference feared that a member without a football team would dominate the conference.
NKU is joining the Atlantic Sun Conference. (http://www.kypost.com/dpp/news/local_news/nku-officially-moves-to-division-i-athletics1323393386309)
Originally they tried to get in the Horizon League (which is mostly a conference full of their academic peers like Cleveland State, Wright State, Youngstown State, etc.), but were turned down because the Horizon doesn't want to split Butler's tournament money with anyone else. Then they tried to get in the Ohio Valley, but word on the street is that they were turned down because the conference feared that a member without a football team would dominate the conference.