The Mid-American Conference should look into expansion in the near future to help with its performance struggles in recent years and economic struggles that have been heightened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Before the 2019-2020 academic year, I thought the MAC could benefit from expansion. Covid-19 has changed everything, but I still believe the MAC would benefit from expanding, as this summer will mark 25 years since the MAC last announced it would add new members to the conference.
In the summer of 1995, the MAC announced that Northern Illinois and Marshall were returning to the conference after the Huskies had spent 11 years in the MAC, from 1975-’76 to 1985-86, previously, and Marshall, who was transitioning up from Division I-AA (now FCS) for football and rejoining the MAC after their 20-year stint in the Southern Conference.