((ht: cbssports.com))Interesting. We are a bit surprised Pittsburgh or Syracuse hasn't already moved to do this.According to report on cbssports.com, West Virginia University is filing a lawsuit against the Big East Conference so they can leave the conference at the end of the academic year.Big East rules stipulate that any school intending to leave the conference must pay a $5 million fee and give....get this, 27 months notice before they will be released.WVU has already paid the league half of the exit fee, and last week when they announced they were leaving, stated they would be playing in the Big 12 next season.The other two schools who are leaving, Pitt and Syracuse, have been pretty mum...at least publicly about their intentions.Read the entire CBSSports.com story RIGHT HEREWe believe this is absurd on several levels and find it hard to believe that any judge is going to force WVU or the other schools to stick around for another 2-years plus before they leave.The Big East ...
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