padua franciscan will be leaving the ncl after the 2019-20 school year. beginning with the 2020-21 school year, the league will no longer sanction football, making each school independent for football only (unless a school would join another conference), while still competing in the ncl in other sports. the league will eliminate the division structure which has been in place since 2006 (since 2000 for football). schools will instead play a single round robin schedule in most sports, resulting in eight league games per season for boys sports and nine for girls sports.