The Lone Star Conference announced on Monday that it will not officially sponsor football in the spring. This means that there will not be a LSC football championship for the 2020-21 school year.
However, several Lone Star Conference schools still expect to play football in the spring. The seasons will just officially be classified as independent and there will be no conference championship on the line.
The decision comes as several Lone Star Conference teams weigh playing a spring season at all. Conference heavyweight Texas A&M-Commerce has committed to not playing for the entire school year. Both Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico will also face difficulties in playing football due to New Mexico state regulations.
Additionally, Angelo State and West Texas A&M both played limited football schedules in the fall. Sources confirmed that Angelo State will not play spring football. WTAMU is also expected to opt out of the spring.
If all the aforementioned schools opt ouf of a spring season, the only schools expected to play would be Midwestern State, Texas A&M-Kingsville and UTPB. Lone Star Conference bylaws state that at least four member institutions must participate in a sport in order to compete for a conference championship.
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