(04-29-2014 11:43 PM)TheRevSWT Wrote:  

(04-29-2014 11:19 PM)redfan Wrote:  What I have heard on eku is they are unlikely to get ready without being invited first and then they may struggle to finance improvements. Lot of unknowns with them. There is not even support for the $50 fee that is to be voted on. Do not know that much about msu.

My GUESS would be that if UMass is invited, EKU would have been told that if they can get ready in X years, then the invite is theirs.

Now, whether they can make it once done? Who knows. Whether they could keep going once an invite comes? Who knows. I haven't seen any financials from them, but a smaller budget FBS team can be done, and their AD seems like a strong one who could get support if an offer was forthcoming.

I figure we'll know where they stand depending on the other things that happen over the next season with them.

My guess is no one is being told you can have an invite down the road but are being told what would be needed to help their cause.