I think that what is likely going to end up happening is a full merger into the "Pacific-Mountain West Conference" with a later split into an east - west division (or more extreme, a full conference separation with new names). Which would then open the door for Big Sky and MVFC teams to look to move up if they were interested.
Eventually the end goal is for 16-team conference alliances to be established as a form of tier system at the FBS level
Big Ten-SEC
ACC-Big 12
Pac-Mountain
SunBelt-CUSA
AAC-MAC
And if the WAC-ASun hodgepodge pulls off their plan then they would be the lowest tier.
And FCS would remain for the schools that don't want to commit financially to their football programs (in comparison to FBS school) and the conference tiers would shake out based on on-the-field success and who the real penny pinchers are.
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