I cite the 5 automatic L's they would have had if they had been in Region 2. Of course the Bruins have not exactly been tearing up Region 4 the past few years. One trip to Dorman this year for a playoff thrashing made Lancaster realize that they did not want anything to do with Region 2. Byrnes on the other hand wanted to be in Region 2. They cite natural rivals and the fact they lose big gates when they are not in the region with Dorman, Spartanburg, and Gaffney.
Money is more important than wins in some cases.
Of course when Byrnes was AAA and previously in Region 1, they always played Dorman, Spartanburg, Union and Gaffney for the non-region games but why let the facts get in the way of the truth. Other schools hated the 6 teams regions. Hard to schedule they said. Crybabies I say. All the Athletic Directors has to do is schedule 6 non-conference games every 2 years.