"You cant handle the truth"...
That is exactly what happened and if you would like why don't you talk to the AD's at Gilman, Calvert Hall, BL, St. Paul's just to name a few that voted against it. They did vote against it for the right reasons because at the time JC did not want to make the commitment that was needed. Now I think they have demonstrated that they have. I personally think JC would struggle ( be in the bottom 4 pretty consistently) in the A conference unless they could get 95% of the lax players that r going into Baltimore, but heck that's what has happened to St Marys, Spaulding, St. Joe and Severn..even Gilman the last few years.
That's why the A conference is arguably the best conference top to bottom in the country. Never an easy game.