(01-20-2012 10:42 AM)NoQuarter08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2012 10:15 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  If we have to add new members, surely all of us realize that admitting FCS level schools is a risk. They've not proven that they can play at the FBS level or even sustain a budget that would support that level.

There are better choices.

Unfortunately those better choices don't help ECU's travel issues, and I fully understand why ECU would like to have some relief.

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Actual GSU and ODU have bigger athletic budgets than several members of CUSA.

Yeah their budgets aren't the issue. I think both are better candidates than the majority of FBS teams we are looking at. Just the stigma of adding an FCS team hurts them. If both were currently in the Sun Belt I'd bet both would be at or near the top of everyones wish list.