The only major schools not reprepresented were Emory and Henry College (who had previously agreed to send a representative to the meeting but later reneged) and William & Mary.

[4] Aside from Roanoke's apparent departure, the league went on without significant issue until 1903, when Carpenter, of VPI, and Johnson, of Virginia, were ruled out of VIAA games.

[5] A similar issue took place in 1904, when Virginia player Barney Yancey was debarred from participating in VIAA games after it was discovered he had played for 4 years on the Kentucky University football team.

[6] Interestingly, Virginia's primary rival, North Carolina, considered joining the Association at the start of the 1904 season as "it is very desirable that we should meet her on equal footing.

[9] After this turnover, the VIAA continued on as it previously existed, gradually becoming referred to as the Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association with increasing frequency, save minor controversies involving Richmond in 1909 and 1913.

In the former year, Richmond began threatening to withdrawal, but changes were made to appease the Spiders;[10] in the latter, a controversial call in the William & Mary—Richmond game to determine the conference championship needed arbitration after a controversial call at the end of the game resulted in the assault of the ruling umpire.