No one is ignoring it will suck for you, Matty V or a majority of fans, who identified as primarily hoops person*. Everyone agrees the MAC is not as good as A10 in basketball or Women's lacrosse. The rest of the conferences is close to par and obviously much better for football and most likely men's soccer. Likewise, don't ignore the MAC is generally not that bad and will be better with us and perhaps WKU.
*Look at the above vote. Primary hoops persons are the only ones with a higher percentage of those that dislike or hate the move.