If the CAA implodes could there be America East Conference football?

My last post represents a best-case scenario for how the CAA could handle realignment and the loss of three members: circling the wagons, banding together, and taking the interests of all of the members into consideration as they rebuild the conference by not going too far north/south or focusing on basketball/football while neglecting football/basketball.  But what if the CAA members didn't circle the wagons and everyone starting looking after their own interests?  I am talking about a scenario where the footprint gets shifted south with the addition of two southern basketball schools, Davidson and College of Charleston.

Suddenly ODU isn't the only one going to FBS as James Madison and/or Delaware has secured an invitation to  the MAC for football only.  The geographic middle and all three of the conference's top football programs are gone.  Without its instate rivals, William and Mary decides to join its academic peers in the Patriot League.

Then football affiliates New Hampshire and Maine step in and decide to provide leadership during the crisis.  Their solution:  America East will takeover sponsorship of the FCS football league that began as the Yankee Conference and then was transferred to the A-10 and later the CAA.  America East members Albany and Stony Brook will take part as well putting membership at 4.  With AmEast's membership at 9 full members they have room to grow and they  issue invitations to other football playing schools to be a part of their nascent league.  Central Connecticut St, a state school in a private school league, jumps at the opportunity to be with their state-sponsored New England brethren.  Towson, abandoned by the other CAA football schools, comes aboard as well and serves as a travel partner for UMBC for Olympic sports.  The league then takes on Villanova and Richmond on as football affilliates raising membership in football to 8.  AmEast then convinces Rhode Island to not pursue its downgrade and instead of going to the NEC to stay with their New England comrades, honoring the history they have had with UNH and Maine since the '30's.

All Sports membership stands at 11 and looks like this:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Boston U.
Central Connecticut St
Hartford
Albany
Stony Brook
Binghampton
UMBC
Towson

Football looks like this (affiliates have *):
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island*
Central Connecticut St
Albany
Stony Brook
Villanova*
Towson
Richmond*

11 seems like a good place to leave all sports membership.  Should Delaware or James Madison still be FCS they could easily slot into that spot to round things out.  They could decide to toss the basketball schools a bone and give that last spot to basketball-centric school like Drexel, Hofstra, or Northeastern (or take all three and go to 14 members).  If America East is feeling gutsy they could even try to add more football affiliates like Fordham and Duquesne, who are currently football-only affiliates of the Patriot League and the NEC respectively.