If this is true, it makes some sense. The MVC has three teams in Illinois but has no presence in the Chicago media market. This adds Chicago to their league footprint and also makes the MVC more visible to Chicago recruits.
As Indy suggested, it is better for us since UIC plays baseball. I guess now we will have to take the thugs from Oakland (who plays baseball and that gets us back to the required six.) I agree with Pride and would want two new teams, as a buffer to anybody else that bolts. I would suggest Northern Kentucky. They play baseball and have that large, brand new arena. Despite the name, they are located in the Cincinnati metro area, right across the river. That would also reduce travel costs for all league teams. You would have five logical geographical pairings: YSU and CSU, Detroit and Oakland, WSU and NKU, Valpo and UIC, and the Wisconsin schools.