Western Kentucky to the Belt?

[CajunNation]

They wouldn't have to make a new conference. Just keep the SBC name and leave the 6 members in the West with no conference.

I don't think that's physically possible.

[CajunT]

Liberty is the best team if you want to really strengthen the conference. Of course, they would go to the East and be a perfect geographic fit for Marshall, App State, ODU and JMU. But, we need a team in the West to replace Texas State. GA State is the farthest west of any team in the East. Would they be willing to move to the West?

I don't disagree with this, but Liberty is a private school, right? So, we add another private school with similar budgets as JMU and Old Dominion. All of them simply have more private funds including student fees to support them. None of them are similar to the other Southern Institutions. Liberty has been looking to move up for a decade and they are mainly turned down because of their religious background.

I'm just saying, those are things to consider.

[CrazyCajun]

They wouldn't have to make a new conference. Just keep the SBC name and leave the 6 members in the West with no conference.

There isn’t a single original member in the east…they could never take the name..they could each pay the $10 million exit fee though..bye

[cajundiehard]

They wouldn't have to make a new conference. Just keep the SBC name and leave the 6 members in the West with no conference.

I don't think they can just kick out the 6 western schools.

[RaginDave]

I don't disagree with this, but Liberty is a private school, right? So, we add another private school with similar budgets as JMU and Old Dominion. All of them simply have more private funds including student fees to support them. None of them are similar to the other Southern Institutions. Liberty has been looking to move up for a decade and they are mainly turned down because of their religious background.

I'm just saying, those are things to consider.

Neither JMU nor ODU are private universities. They are both public universities in Virginia.

[CajunT]

I don't think they can just kick out the 6 western schools.

They can't, they have to have a majority of votes to move any member out. They would lose all their bowl alliances. These are stupid fans that don't read contracts and think their programs are in the best in the conference.

[CajunNation]

We need to either Add Liberty and split the Georgia schools(we would get Georgia State in the west) or do nothing and wait for the next shuffle.

No other option is worth considering anymore.

[CajunT]

Neither GMU nor ODU are private universities. They are both public universities in Virginia.

Got it, but both have large amounts of Student Fees as does George Mason. Both JMU and Old Dominion had an increase in E&G Fees of 3.3% last year on top of that.

[Cajunrunner]

Got it, but both have large amounts of Student Fees as does George Mason. Both JMU and Old Dominion had an increase in E&G Fees of 3.3% last year on top of that.

I had heard or read somewhere that Virginia passed a law where by a certain year, JMU would either have to reduce their student fee for athletics ($2k a semester?) or drum up a lot more private donations and actual athletic revenues, because the bill put a cap on the percentage of athletic budget that can come from student fees.

But can’t remember if where I heard or read it from was legit and accurate.

[RaginDave]

Got it, but both have large amounts of Student Fees as does George Mason. Both JMU and Old Dominion had an increase in E&G Fees of 3.3% last year on top of that.

I meant JMU, but voice to text changed it to GMU. JMU and ODU are both public institutions. But you are correct. on the student fees. If Liberty were to be added they would be the only private university in the SBC.