The arrangement created a league of schools of comparable size (the St. Joseph schools earlier competed in the Pony Express Conference which included the much larger St. Joseph Central High School as well as larger suburban Kansas City schools while Savannah and Maryville since 1937 competed in the Northwest Missouri Conference with much smaller schools.
The arrangement organized schools of similar dimensions (the St. Joseph schools previously were part of the Pony Express Conference, which included the larger St. Joseph Central High School and other large suburban Kansas City schools alongside Savannah and Maryville since 1937 competing in the Northwest Missouri Conference with smaller schools).