(11-02-2021 07:52 PM)TardisCaptain Wrote:  If CUSA really has 30 FCS schools knocking on the door, what it the possibility that the conference tries to get up to 12 members to give a buffer against future possible losses?

One thing about scraping the bottom of the barrel to get to 10 is that the Go5 distribution at present gives $1m per school up to 10 schools ... so while you need 8 to be FBS, both the 9th and the 10th add $1m per school.

That incentive drops out at 10. Also, only the first 8 are required to be full members, to qualify as an FBS conference ... the $1m per school includes affiliates.

So assuming that the best picks get picked first, the incentive drops after ten, and also you have already picked the best prospects.