Quote Originally Posted by Bisonator98 View Post
Ok they are still separate entities
As I originally stated, not exactly. Both are located at the same address and are somewhat dependent of one another. A good example would be Wichita State thinking about adding football with the intent of moving up or leaving (http://shockerhoops.net/index.php/20...ssouri-valley/):

Kolpack wrote, “Asked if the fact Wichita State being a member of the Missouri Valley would give the Shockers a home field advantage for Valley football membership, and Viverito almost laughed.”

“Viverito answered, ‘It would have to be a pretty compelling case,’ she said. ‘We’re not interested in somebody using us as a stepping stone, that is pretty clear. What they’ve said publicly has not indicated any type of love for our level of football.’

The article continued, “’The politics would become strange,’ Viverito said of her office running two leagues, ‘but we need to understand if the president’s motivation to get to FBS is to change conferences. If they have the appearance that they’re using the Missouri Valley Football conference to get to a place where they can leave the Missouri Valley, then I would say both league’s interests are pretty well aligned. Why would we want to make it easy for them to leave to another league?