Great point Power. Also, even before the additions ...the instant dominance of Old Dominion (no pun intended), brought concerns about the CAA's credibility. Although I think they are wrong to worry about this, it has to be a concern to the media.
After all, we could look at Buffalo ...like Albany, part of the SUNY system, and an absolute nothing sports school. Yet, the state of NY gave them million$ to build up for the World Collegiate game years ago, and they now have the top facilities in the MAC. Took our spot as I recall. So Albany has potential. SBU has good non-football sports ...baseball, basketball, track are all great. Location is the main concern for adding these two programs to the CAA, as it should be. The problem with the CAA are their fans ...a bunch of arrogant bas****ds that think schools are going to leave good conferences for them ...they are even talking IA/FBS programs. This nice slap in the face, should hopefully get their minds back on football ...they needed some bottom-feeders. They need to offer these programs full membership soon, as I know the MAC wants SBU. Baseball is the new focus of the MAC. Look at the salary increases for coaches. Even assistants are paid more than our head coach. SBU's run in the CWS has opened many of doors of opportunity.
In comparison, look at the recent new entries into the Gateway/MVFC:
-YSU came in and won a national championship. (2 years)
-WKU came in an won a national championship. (2 years)
-NDSU came and won a national championship. (3 years)