What do we know? 1) Jeff Bourne has stressed that the welfare of their student athletes is at the top of JMUs priority list 2) JMU has a culture where they care a great deal about all of their programs being able to compete for titles and nationally 3) JMU has been a long standing CAA member and this is a decision that is not a surprise nor has been arrived at overnight 4) JMU is scheduled to host several CAA championships this year

My expectation is that something can be worked out where JMU continues to compete for conference championships this year and moves to the Sun Belt next year. Back when the other schools left were the exit penalties as steep as they now are? That may have been the pound of flesh back then and given all the the above considerations and the higher exit penalties this go around my hope and expectation is that JMU will not be adversely effected this year. The winter sports season has almost started and there is only one season after that. It would be pretty lame if the Caa dinged JMU outside of the exit penalties $ on the way out the door. JMU can still help the conference make $ and get exposure nationally the remainder of this year.