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Message: [QUOTE="kingdobbs, post: 1794229, member: 1655"] The fact that there is a requirement that you already have an invitation to a FBS league, or be part of a league that, as a whole, reclassified*, is a much more significant impediment than most people realize. And from the EMU side of things, inertia is a powerful thing. For them (for example) to join FCS, they would become the only FCS in the state, and join a conference with few teams they have ever played (since they would speculatively not be allowed to retain MAC membership), when staying FBS in the MAC gives them more teams that are closer they have played for longer. Also, this is something that was said about Idaho a number of years back. They were an FCS powerhouse, moved up to FBS, and struggled for many years to find success and have now reclassified and rejoined the Big Sky. *As I understand it. The "must have an invitation to join a conference" is a rule, but it's somewhat unknown whether you can get around it in this fashion except as a thought exercise. [/QUOTE]