What Pac-12's lawsuit against Mountain West means for conference realignment

September 24, 2024

By Austen Bundy, Yardbarker: The Pac-12 Conference was left floundering in 2023 when 10 of its members decided to leave for other Power Five destinations.

The Mountain West Conference extended a helping hand and signed a football-only scheduling agreement that kept remaining Pac-12 schools Oregon State and Washington State competitively relevant.

Now, the Pac-12 is challenging the legality of a so-called “poaching penalty” included in that agreement, which both parties are allowing to expire after this season. ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura first reported the Pac-12’s federal lawsuit on Tuesday.

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What Pac-12's lawsuit against Mountain West means for conference realignment

The Pac-12 Conference was left floundering in 2023 when 10 of its members decided to leave for other Power Five destinations.

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