Football-only members do not count toward your minimum to be an FBS conference. Football-only would do no good for CUSA after the emigration happened. They needed full members to stay alive.

Quote:20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference shall be comprised of at least eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members that satisfy all bowl subdivision requirements. An institution shall be included as one of the eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members only if the institution participates in the conference schedule in at least six men's and eight women's conference-sponsored sports, including men's basketball and football and three women's team sports, including women's basketball.

(08-08-2022 02:33 PM)The Sicatoka Wrote:  Football-only members do not count toward your minimum to be an FBS conference. Football-only would do no good for CUSA after the emigration happened. They needed full members to stay alive.

Quote:20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference shall be comprised of at least eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members that satisfy all bowl subdivision requirements. An institution shall be included as one of the eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members only if the institution participates in the conference schedule in at least six men's and eight women's conference-sponsored sports, including men's basketball and football and three women's team sports, including women's basketball.

If you noticed? I did not say football only for C-USA for MVFC schools to fully merged all sports.

(08-08-2022 02:32 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  MVFC, EKU, UCA, McNeese State, ACU, Tarleton State, Kennesaw State, Chattanooga and North Alabama should think about joining C-USA, and then split down into two.

East side:
FIU
Kennesaw State
EKU
Youngstown State
Murray State
North Alabama
Liberty
Western Kentucky
Chattanooga
NC A&T
Middle Tennesee State
Florida A&M
Jacksonville State
Jackson State
Tennessee State
Stony Brook (football only)
VCU

West as C-USA:
La. Tech
UTEP
SHSU
ACU
McNeese State
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
NDSU
UND
USD
SDSU
Illinois State
Western Illinois
Southern Illinois
Indiana State
UCA
Tarleton State
Lamar (football only)
UTA or Little Rock

I don't understand why anyone would want to do this.

What would be in it for CUSA?

(08-08-2022 03:05 PM)inutech Wrote:  

(08-08-2022 02:32 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  MVFC, EKU, UCA, McNeese State, ACU, Tarleton State, Kennesaw State, Chattanooga and North Alabama should think about joining C-USA, and then split down into two.

I don't understand why anyone would want to do this.

What would be in it for CUSA?

It only happens in David's delusional mind.

I was responding to this:

(08-08-2022 02:20 PM)inutech Wrote:  The additions of SHSU, JSU, Liberty, and NMSU are easy to explain. You need 8 teams to have a conference, and 9 is quite a bit better than 8. These were the best choices that the conference had at the moment when they needed 3 (and understandably took 4). ...

Not wanting football only members is also pretty self-evident. And the difference is that CUSA needed members, and now CUSA doesn't need members and can be more deliberate.

(08-08-2022 02:32 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  ... should think about joining C-USA,...

You don't join a conference; you get an invitation if they think you'll add value.

Don't believe me?
Why hasn't everyone joined the B1G or SEC to share in the wealth?

(08-08-2022 02:33 PM)The Sicatoka Wrote:  Football-only members do not count toward your minimum to be an FBS conference. Football-only would do no good for CUSA after the emigration happened. They needed full members to stay alive.

Quote:20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference shall be comprised of at least eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members that satisfy all bowl subdivision requirements. An institution shall be included as one of the eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members only if the institution participates in the conference schedule in at least six men's and eight women's conference-sponsored sports, including men's basketball and football and three women's team sports, including women's basketball.

Temple was only in the Big East for football, and the Big East only had eight football playing members. I guess the NCAA bylaws must have been changed since then.

(08-08-2022 03:59 PM)Poster Wrote:  Temple was only in the Big East for football, and the Big East only had eight football playing members. I guess the NCAA bylaws must have been changed since then.

Was the Big East classified as an FBS conference?

Quote:20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference ...

(08-08-2022 04:08 PM)The Sicatoka Wrote:  

(08-08-2022 03:59 PM)Poster Wrote:  Temple was only in the Big East for football, and the Big East only had eight football playing members. I guess the NCAA bylaws must have been changed since then.

Was the Big East classified as an FBS conference?

Quote:20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference ...

It was when there were full-members. Last year was 2012 when the Big East split off and the AAC was born.

(08-08-2022 03:05 PM)inutech Wrote:  

(08-08-2022 02:32 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  MVFC, EKU, UCA, McNeese State, ACU, Tarleton State, Kennesaw State, Chattanooga and North Alabama should think about joining C-USA, and then split down into two.

East side:
FIU
Kennesaw State
EKU
Youngstown State
Murray State
North Alabama
Liberty
Western Kentucky
Chattanooga
NC A&T
Middle Tennesee State
Florida A&M
Jacksonville State
Jackson State
Tennessee State
Stony Brook (football only)
VCU

West as C-USA:
La. Tech
UTEP
SHSU
ACU
McNeese State
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
NDSU
UND
USD
SDSU
Illinois State
Western Illinois
Southern Illinois
Indiana State
UCA
Tarleton State
Lamar (football only)
UTA or Little Rock

I don't understand why anyone would want to do this.

What would be in it for CUSA?

I know. Poverty...and then death.