Louisiana Tech's entry into the Sun Belt, once thought to be a slam dunk, appears to be dead. The fellow Louisiana schools wanted Tech in the conference to lower their travel expenses and to boost ticket sales since LA Tech fans can easily travel to games at the other Louisiana schools.
The eastern members aren't having any of that and now are suggesting that if the other Louisiana schools are too poor to travel, they should drop down to FCS instead of shitting up the Sun Belt. Expelling the Louisiana schools and replacing them with MTSU, WKU, and Liberty would keep the conference at fourteen members, while making it a more cohesive regional conference. Arkansas State would be the only remaining member west of the Mississippi River.