(03-08-2021 02:34 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  1) If any conference was to expel a full member for moving their football out, it'd be the CAA. Northeastern and Hofstra are different because they shuttered their programs instead of moving them to someplace better. It's not quite the same, but CAA Football banned ODU from competing for its conference title and FCS autobid in their last season before beginning the FBS transition, even though there was nothing in their bylaws that compelled them to do so (the CAA does have that provision).

The important difference is that, in this theoretical, JMU wouldn't be altering their CAA membership at all, only CAAF. From the CAA side of things, it'd be nearly identical to the Northeastern/Hofstra situation.

(03-08-2021 02:34 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  2) Hawaii and Navy are the only football affiliate members in G5, and they're both unique. A G5 conference would want the whole package, which in JMU's case is pretty impressive with good academics, strong Olympic sports and a shiny new basketball arena (don't tell the JMU jerks I said that). If the Sun Belt wanted them as an FB-only member, they would have offered that. CUSA doesn't need another program. And the MAC ran off UMass once Temple dipped. So staying in the CAA is almost certainly an all-or-nothing deal.

Unless I've misunderstood something, I thought this was specifically about a scenario where JMU were to move up as an independent. They would remain in the CAA for all sports but would be departing CAAF.