The 20+ year wait if over for ECU as they are finally joining the Big East…not entirely, but they will become a football only member.

Tulane on the other had will join the Big East in all sports, offering some access to the New Orleans market for the conference trying to improve its television contract value.

For CUSA, it means losing two more schools. While both loses will be felt, the

conference will likely look to current Sunbelt members or replacement such as MTSU, Texas St., FAU, Georgia St. and others.

They also have the option for schools such as UMass which is currently in the MAC, as well as current FCS schools such as Appalachian St., JMU and Georgia Southern.

For ECU, at the time of this article, there new home for non-football sports remains unknown. But with the CAA’s likely addition of Charleston in the near future and with UNCW in the conference, they will likely first attempt to join the CAA. The CAA might also use ECU as leverage to get Charleston to lessen there financial demands.

The SoCon would be the next choice followed by the Big South. This is assuming that the A10 would have no interest on ECU.