(11-12-2017 03:27 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(11-12-2017 09:51 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  To get over the "no football only conferences" rule this group of independents would need someone to serve as the sponsoring league. That's tricky because pretty much everyone is in a different conference--A-10, CAA, America East, WAC, Horizon, OVC, Big South, A-Sun. Someone could probably be convinced to slap their name on the league even if they only have one or two schools who plays in it.

This has been tried before and it usually ends up destroying the basketball product for the non-football schools.

The A-10 is absolutely not interested. Dumping their FCS league onto the CAA was one the best things that ever happened to them.

There are exactly three basketball onlies that play in FBS conferences. They are Wichita, UALR, and Texas-Arlington. They are all happy with that because they have no place better to go. Their situation isn't really applicable to other conferences.

All three have been talking about adding football. Those three do have an instant access to join an FBS conference in the future if they do add.