(01-11-2018 08:26 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(01-11-2018 06:44 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

(01-11-2018 11:27 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  The A-10, America East, and the CAA have zero problems with geography. Although, St Louis is a bit of an outlier, but the A-10 can afford it. Not a problem.

I gotta disagree with you there on the CAA. They need divisions badly. A one bid round robin league that spans from Charleston to Boston is not sustainable. Throw in the public/private divide and the football/non football divide and you have a mess. Even if the CAA doesn't officially split into divisions, they need to model after the A10 and get a northern block and a southern block so travel costs can be better contained

I think the CAA's problems are 1) football 2) public vs private 3) geography. In that order. The real problem is that for smaller conferences, you can either focus on football or basketball. Try to do both and it doesn't work.

The best thing that ever happened to the A-10 was when the CAA 'stole' the FCS league from the A-10.

That I agree with. It's unfortunate how it all happened.

After Richmond to the A10 nixed the SoCon CAA union, the CAA was desperate and thus convinced Delaware and co to join after the AEast votes down absorbing the CAA 5 from VA. This made getting football in the CAA name a priority. Ever since then, outside of Charleston, schools have been added for FCS football instead of basketball.