Editing Atlantic Sun Conference (section)

====Failed CCSA merger====
On January 22, 2020, it was announced that the [[Coastal Collegiate Sports Association]] and the ASUN would merge to create a new Division I multisport conference.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asunsports.org/general/2019-20/releases/20200122lh6utq |title=ASUN Announces Exploration of Expansion & Building New NCAA Division I Multisport Conference |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004093426/https://asunsports.org/general/2019-20/releases/20200122lh6utq |url-status=dead }}</ref> The timeline below was released with the announcement of this merger and expansion plan:

*June, 2023 – ASUN Conference expands to 20 members.
*Before July 1, 2023 – ASUN transfers rights to the ASUN name and marks to the CCSA.
*July 1, 2023 – ASUN 7 joins the CCSA. The CCSA adopts the ASUN name as a multisport conference. The 13 remaining members would adopt the name United Athletic Conference.

The ASUN had planned on expanding to 20 members and then splitting the conference similar to how the [[Big East Conference (1979-2013)|Original Big East Conference]] was split in 2013 into the [[American Athletic Conference]] and the [[Big East Conference|New Big East Conference]]. The new ASUN Conference governed by the CCSA would have made up of the ASUN 7 including all of the members that would have been in the ASUN Conference for at least 8 years to meet the requirements for a new multisport conference. The members would have included [[Florida Gulf Coast University]], [[Jacksonville University]], [[Kennesaw State University]], [[Lipscomb University]], [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]], [[University of North Florida]], and [[Stetson University]]. The United Athletic Conference (not to be confused with the [[United Athletic Conference]], the football merger between the [[Western Athletic Conference]] and the ASUN in 2023) governed by the original ASUN Conference would have included [[Bellarmine University]], [[Liberty University]], [[University of North Alabama]], and ten other undisclosed schools that would have joined through expansion.

On November 16, 2020, The ASUN Conference announced that, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the quickly changing landscape in conference realignment, the creation of a new multisport conference would not be possible at the time of the release or with the aforementioned timeline.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20201115ri19kb |title=ASUN Statement on Conference Expansion |publisher=ASUN Conference |date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116230103/https://asunsports.org/general/2020-21/releases/20201115ri19kb |url-status=dead }}</ref> This comes after the news that NJIT would be leaving the ASUN for the [[America East Conference]] in 2021, weakening the ASUN 7 and lowering the chances that a new conference would be created with only six members.