I think PL has redshirt restriction (could be wrong). If that is the case, Huesman has stated he prefers building the FB team via HS recruits and filling a few holes with transfers.I believe the Athletics Department's stated objective used to be having football and basketball playing in the best conferences possible that gave us the best competition possible.
I can understand the concern about the recent direction of the CAA. I'd like to know if our AD put the concerns on the table with the Commissioner and colleagues. Did we offer some of the sensible alternatives to address the concerns?
If we still stand by being in the best conference possible for our football program, the Southern stands well above the Patriot from my perspective.
Go Spiders!
Southern Conference puts team on airplanes a whole lot more than CAA after the additions, though Elon, W&M, and Spiders if they all went over probably give Southern Conference another playoff berth each year and move CAA to a two-bid conference most years, especially if Nova went to Patriot or elsewhere.
Plus, I do not know but someone might have to ask the SoCon if they want anyone else, they are set right now with each team playing all conference teams. That conference might be happy as they are. I personally do not like the unbalanced scheduling right now in CAA, but does a conference change fix the problem? IDK, but might be something to consider.
My personal hope is UR does not make a hasty decision and lets the new schools first prove they are not able to come up to a competitive level. I believe some of them will, but in the meantime the Spiders stay put for a little bit and in a three or four bid conference while those schools have time to build CAA rosters. Might give Spiders more shots at playoffs the next two or three years while the newbies catch up, problem IMO is are they tested enough to advance past the second round?