Editing Atlantic 10 Conference (section)

===Expansion, contraction, and football===
Further membership changes saw the league expand to its maximum of 16 members. From 1997 through 2006, the league also operated [[#A-10 football|a football conference]]; during that period, more than 20 schools were participating in A-10 competition in at least one sport. This ended when the A-10 football programs all departed to join [[Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference|a new football conference]] sponsored by the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA; now known as the [[Coastal Athletic Association]]). In 2012, Butler joined the conference after leaving the [[Horizon League]] and VCU joined after leaving the CAA.