How can CUSA exist for football... When so many of the schools absolutely suck at football?
Two different questions. The reason the CUSA schools are together is because all, theoretically are on the same level in FOOTBALL. Theoretically.
If football had never been invented, do you think for 2 seconds MU would have its sports teams in a league that stretches from Virginia Beach to El Paso to Miami ? Of course not. If not for football, MU would NEVER play any of these schools in anything.
CUSA (this CUSA not the first one) was created by a bunch of schools that wanted to play G5 football. The basketball teams, the golf teams, the soccer teams and all the rest got taken along for the ride.
And that is an issue for CUSA (and several other leagues too). Not only the great geographic spread, but a collection of teams with vastly different commitments to basketball and to other sports as well. All lumped together to create a place to play football.
As to those of you that are fine with just selling out the conference tournament to UAB or UTEP. or maybe MTSU, every year and handicapping everyone else (in a league with one-bid) I'm just not. I would rather see a fair tournament on a neutral floor. Even if we don't sell 5000 seats to UAB fans (who will toss them if UAB loses). It is worth the $$ to have a neutral floor.