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I look at the current unhappiness with C-USA membership as something we can see in other leagues. Right now there are SEC folks unhappy with the FB play in the East division and complaints are heard about teams in the Pac 12 and Big 12. Like those other leagues, there are less than desirable teams in C-USA but none of them are weak on purpose. Does anyone believe there are no malcontents about various teams in those other leagues?

They strive every year to build their programs toward respectability just as UAB is trying to do for the 2017 season. Due to concerns over such factors as APR, the G5 schools are more likely to have to take risks on many more players (and their skill set) than the greatly more affluent P5 schools where the top rated players generally congregate. (It is not by accident that the same small group of generously supported schools appear every year in the National Championship games in revenue sports.)