Old Dominion, Marshall and Southern Miss are leaving Conference-USA. I do think it is something we are going to have to address in January and put to bed.” I don’t know if interest is the right word. I think it is going to be a very long discussion and I think there is a lot of interest by some of the members to come in early and some have said they would be open to that. “We had originally believed that it would happen in ‘23 in football and now if there is anything different we are going to really have to figure that out,’’ said Bowen. Whatever decision is reached by the athletic directors it will be voted on by the conference’s CEOs (chancellors and presidents) on Wednesday, Jan. “I have a lot more questions than I have opinions right now.” To talk about what does that mean, how does that work, what are the options, what are all of the logistics. 25 and I think that will be the priority and topic of the discussion. “The athletic directors and I have been trading a lot of calls and text messages to prepare for a meeting on Jan. “That is a discussion that has been on-going with my colleagues in the Sun Belt,’’ said Tom Bowen, Arkansas State’s vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics. There have been rumors a plenty that Southern Mississippi, Marshall, James Madison and Old Dominion will join the Sun Belt this summer as opposed to the 2023 date originally mentioned by the conference office. The big item is whether the four new league members will join this year in time for the 2022 football season or wait until June of 2023. With rumors circulating, but still no official word, the Sun Belt Conference leadership will meet this month to discuss the league’s future.
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