Quote Originally Posted by UNH_Alum_In_CT
If that was such a hot prospect, then why didn't the A-10 step up and protect their all sports members UMass, URI and Richmond while they still had the auto-bid???????.....

I really wish that the AE could provide a home for the upgraded programs at Albany and Stony Brook, but they blew it a few years ago when they didn't sponsor football to keep Delaware and company from bolting. Today, not enough football schools and too many question marks among the schools listed.
The AE had the opportunity of a lifetime and then kicked it away when it chose not to sponsor football. Delaware was content in it's rivalries and competition for all sports in the AE. Without a football possibility the AE became just another option no better than CAA or others.

The A-10 also had a great opportunity. The last year has demonstrated just how little the A-10 cares about football. With UMASS, URI and Richmond the A-10 certainly had the basis of putting together a package to keep the other affiliates together and could have had a respectable conference. Instead they did nothing. Which is exactly what the A-10 administration has been doing for football since they took over the Yankee Conference.