We follow all the NJCAA compliance rules and hope they will recognize us next.” “It’s important for people to understand its JC football, not amateur or club or semi-pro. “We have been fighting for this thing,” Felker said. “Our kids have taken this very seriously and so have the coaches.”įelker says the battles in the first year have been big, but the visibility of the league is improving. “We have put a lot of measures and protocols in place to ensure the safety of our kids we have been on the field three times a week for almost three months now and have had zero sick, so we're not concerned that we will be able to play safely this fall,” Felker said. “Camp starts on September 21st and we play our first game on October 17th, finishing up on December 19th with a full schedule all before school ends.”įelker says the league has been taking extra precautions to ensure player safety throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. “The league will be releasing the schedule soon,” Felker said. Unlike the CCCAA in California and the majority of NJCAA programs that have shut down for the fall of 2020, the HJCAC has been working hard to give junior college football fans something to watch in the fall. Felker says the talent now arriving in year two is exponentially better. The league was responsible for over $2-million in scholarships generated in its first season, exceeding the expectations of most people involved. Many of the four year guys I talk to think this might be the future of junior college football.” Having football people making decisions for football is huge. “I think the HJCAC benefits from having knowledgeable veteran JC coaches driving the decision making who know what JC football is supposed to look like. “I think the HJCAC is committed to growing this football model so that JC football stays in Arizona,” Felker said. Many of those issues were addressed in the off season.”ĭespite some early jitters, Felker says the model of the league is built for the long run. “As with anything new there are going to be some issues and things that didn't go so smooth initially. “As a league, there were many operational/administrative things that weren't perfect,” Felker said. X2Nvb2tpZXNfd2luPXgnIHN0eWxlPSdkaXNwbGF5Om5vbmU7dmlzaWJpbGl0ĮTpoaWRkZW4nIHdpZHRoPScwJz48L2lmcmFtZT4KPC9ub3NjcmlwdD4KCgo=įelker took time to give us some perspective of the first year of competition in the HJCAC. VE0tTUY2UFhYQycpOwo8元NjcmlwdD4KPG5vc2NyaXB0Pgo8aWZyYW1lIGhlĪWdodD0nMCcgc3JjPSdodHRwczov元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvīS9ucy5odG1sP2lkPUdUTS1NRjZQWFhDJmFtcDtndG1fYXV0aD1LaEg2aGVDĬG9XSlVIbnFWemRFYTd3JmFtcDtndG1fcHJldmlldz1lbnYtMSZhbXA7Z3Rt ICAgfSkod2luZG93LGRvY3VtZW50LCdzY3JpcHQnLCdkYXRhTGF5ZXInLCdH Zi5wYXJlbnROb2RlLmluc2VydEJlZm9yZShqLGYpOwogICAgICAgIHdpbmRvĭy5fZGlkQXN5bmNJbmplY3RHb29nbGVUYWdNYW5hZ2VyID0gdHJ1ZTsKICAg JyZndG1fcHJldmlldz0nKydlbnYtMScrJyZndG1fY29va2llc193aW49eCc7 Z3RtX2F1dGg9JysnS2hINmhlQ3BvV0pVSG5xVnpkRWE3dycrCiAgICAgICAg 元d3dy5nb29nbGV0YWdtYW5hZ2VyLmNvbS9ndG0uanM/aWQ9JytpK2RsKycm ICAgIGo9ZC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KHMpLGRsPWwhPSdkYXRhTGF5ZXInPycmīD0nK2w6Jyc7ai5hc3luYz10cnVlO2ouc3JjPQogICAgICAgICdodHRwczov PHNjcmlwdD4KICAoZnVuY3Rpb24odyxkLHMsbCxpKXsKICAgICAgICBpZiAoĭ2luZG93Ll9kaWRBc3luY0luamVjdEdvb2dsZVRhZ01hbmFnZXIpIHJldHVyījsKICAgICAgICB3W2xdPXdbbF18fFtdO3dbbF0ucHVzaCh7J2d0bS5zdGFyĭCc6CiAgICAgICAgbmV3IERhdGUoKS5nZXRUaW1lKCksZXZlbnQ6J2d0bS5qĬyd9KTt2YXIgZj1kLmdldEVsZW1lbnRzQnlUYWdOYW1lKHMpWzBdLAogICAg
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