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Some very interesting comments by Aresco at the start of the program. Listening to him makes you believe the American will not be left out of the New Division and you feel he means it, he knows it. Encouraging, but maybe all sales talk. Read them at the link above.

The American won't be left out....at least in the beginning.

IMO, the AAC and MWC will be invited to the party while CUSA, WAC, MAC, and Sun Belt all get left behind. After a couple of years the stipulations on what constitutes membership in this new Division Four will shake out (i.e. athletic budgets, stipends, etc.) and the schools that are lagging behind in the MWC and AAC will then get sent down.

Unless SMU absolutely tanks in the next 2-3 years we should be okay. The schools that are on the bubble are probably UNLV, Hawaii, San Jose State, New Mexico, Wyoming, Tulane, East Carolina, and Temple.