In September 2016, the Big South and the ASUN Conference (ASUN) announced a football partnership that effectively combined the two conferences in that sport. Under its terms, any members of either conference that add or upgrade to scholarship football, provided they fall within the current geographic footprint of the two leagues, automatically join Big South football. At the time of announcement, the only ASUN member that played scholarship football, Kennesaw State, was already a Big South football member. The partnership also provides a guaranteed football home to the leagues' non-scholarship football programs (at that time, Campbell from the Big South, and Jacksonville and Stetson from the ASUN) should they upgrade to scholarship status.
in september 2016 the big south and the asun conference (asun) announced a football partnership that effectively combined the two conferences in that sport under its terms any members of either conference that add or upgrade to scholarship football provided they fall within the current geographic footprint of the two leagues automatically join big south football at the time of announcement the only asun member that played scholarship football kennesaw state was already a big south football member the partnership also provides a guaranteed football home to the leagues' non-scholarship football programs (at that time campbell from the big south and jacksonville and stetson from the asun) should they upgrade to scholarship status