ESPN.com: Colorado St., Utah St. Sue Mountain West Over Exit Penalties

As reported by the Associated Press, Colorado State and Utah State filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference on Monday alleging their engagement in “extraordinary and unauthorized actions” to penalize the five schools leaving the conference for the Pac-12. O’Melveny, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, said in a release that commissioner Gloria Nevarez and the Mountain West also have frozen the five departing schools out of board meetings and have operated in secret to violate their rights as league members. According to O’Melveny, the Mountain West and Nevarez have made side agreements that promise the seven remaining conference members millions of dollars “earned by and owed to the five departing members.” The O’Melveny team representing Colorado State University and Utah State University includes partners Steve Olson, Matt Cowan, and Tim Heafner. This story was also covered by ABC News, Bloomberg Law, Denver Business Journal, The Coloradoan, KSL Sports, Missoula Current, KESQ, KDVR, FOX21, and KUER.

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