Report: Big East And West Virginia Reach Conditional Settlement
by Mengus22 on Feb 9, 2012 9:18 PM EST
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PrintAccording to Mike Casazza and Jared Hunt of the Charleston (WV) Daily Mail, the Big East and West Virginia have reached a conditional settlement that would end their competing lawsuits and send West Virginia to the Big 12 in 2012. The settlement is for a total of $20 million, with West Virginia paying $11 million and the Big 12 Conference paying the other $9 million.
The deal, however, is no longer dependent upon Boise State being able to leave the Mountain West Conference and play football in the Big East as West Virginia's replacement in 2012. According to Casazza and Hunt, the Big East will still try and possibly take Boise State in 2012, but either way will take the $20 million and use it however it sees fit. Apparently, prior to this agreement, the Big East was unwilling to settle without a replacement, but now is willing to settle and take the payout from West Virginia without necessarily having a 2012 replacement in hand.
Not having a replacement for 2012 obviously leaves many more questions about how the Big East will operate for the upcoming football season and what will be done for the seven remaining teams. It also means that we've officially written our last words about West Virginia football on Big East Coast Bias.
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Peace out, gents.
I wish the rest of the big east luck and success, and I do mean that.
See you guys around the interwebz!
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 9, 2012 10:11 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Good luck to the fans
Someday, you’ll have the leadership that you deserve.
West Virginia fans hate everybody. They remember every snub and joke and bit of snark. And they never forgive, and they never, ever forget. In other words, they're a lot like West Virginians in general.
OK good
I hope this now opens up the path for Pitt and Cuse to get out by 2012 also. Maybe we can get Houston and SMU to join for 2012 as well, although not likely. More like 2013 probably. Without Pitt and Cuse, the BE would only be left with 5 schools if no replacement can be found and would not even be considered a conference I think by the NCAA. Pitt has enough rich alumni to pay the 20 million.
Might be possible, but...
- There’s no way SU’s paying $20M
- the ACC won’t pay it for us
- and we’re a private school, so some of the difficulties the Big East has in legally compelling WVU to stay don’t apply to us
- the ACC doesn’t want to spend a year at 13 any more than the SEC did, so Pitt probably will be discouraged from moving ahead of us
- and really, burning everything down on our way out isn’t useful unless we could completely blow up the league so we wouldn’t owe anybody anything; we’re still going to want to play the old Big East schools in non-football sports (and an occasional football game vs UConn or Rutgers wouldn’t be the worst thing we could schedule)
I strongly disagree
I live out here in Los Angeles with a few thousand very wealthy alumni. Twenty million would be covered quickly with a few phone calls, I’m sure.
However, I agree that the ACC would want both Pitt and SU to get their butts over ASAP at the same time. And I have no idea where you would assume that the ACC wouldn’t fork over some cash either. Think about it. The contracts with the networks would pay for a lot more than helping out SU and Pitt.
Lastly, don’t worry too much about Rutgers and/or UConn. They are trying to find their way out of the smelly mess that’s called the Big East. My guess would be the ACC, but both would fit really well with the Big 10 (or whatever it’s called).
Go Cuse. Go Utes. Go Kings (hockey version). Go Panthers (hockey version). Go Marlins. Go Dodgers. I despise the NFL and NBA, so don't bore me.
by LeftCoastMan on Feb 10, 2012 2:30 AM EST up reply actions
no way
The ACC doesn’t NEED Pitt and ‘Cuse immediately. They have nice, complete schedules that don’t need altered, whereas the Big 12 needed WVU to fill in a major void left my aTm and Mizzou. Pitt and ’Cuse will be in the Big East until 2013, lest the Big East be deemed too small to actually be a conference, which in turn would cause more damage then just WVU leaving (the Big East can get a waiver for 7 teams if they have to.)
Our case is settled so if ’Cuse and Pitt tried to leave, WVU would not be on the hook for more money. Pitt and ’Cuse, however… Damages would go way beyond what they did when we left.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 7:20 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed
Pitt and the Cuse will most likely stay in the Big East for 2012. To be honest, I don’t see that as a bad thing, as it really does make it easier for everyone in a way: Pitt and Cuse included for scheduling purposes. If Pitt and Cuse were to leave early, it would add to the jumbo legal mess that is conference expansion. The easy thing is to really just stay one more year.
Starting in 2013, the BE will be getting 6 more teams, so it will then be easy for Pitt and Cuse to leave. It would really just make things difficult otherwise. Actually, this is what was supposed to happen originally as everyone wanted Missou to stay in the Big 12 one more year. It cost them 30 million dollars to bolt early.
Besides
in at least Pitt’s case, this could be a good thing. After the way Graham left the program, Pitt could use a season in more famillair territory for Chryst to get his ducks in a line.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
Nice attitude
But the Big East is circling the drain. SMU, Houston, Southwest Eastern Florida Technical Institute, and a couple of Mountain West schools do not make up for Syracuse, Pitt and WVU. And the talk is that Louisville will be gone soon. So all you have is a rump football conference that’s barely better than C-USA, and basketball is greatly degraded.
WVU, SU and Pitta are as a huge a loss as Va Tech, BC and Miami were 10 years ago. Sorry about this, but your commissioner messed up. And the Cuse will be entertaining 30,000 week after week in the Dome with Duke, UNC, etc. etc.
Go Cuse. Go Utes. Go Kings (hockey version). Go Panthers (hockey version). Go Marlins. Go Dodgers. I despise the NFL and NBA, so don't bore me.
by LeftCoastMan on Feb 10, 2012 2:26 AM EST up reply actions
Earth to Lefty: the ACC is worse than the Big East in football
And adding Syracuse and Pitt actually makes it even worse.
Okay, somebody in the Big East has made this necessary. "BC" in my nickname references the icon. I AM NOT A BOSTON COLLEGE FAN.
Yes
but no. Their bowl record is horrendous but as long as the ACC has Virginia Tech, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, etc they’re always going to be recognized as better than the ACC (until after they fail in bowl season.) No amount of Conference USA teams in the Big ast is going to change that.
Now, if the scattered rumors about Florida State and Clemson considering the Big XII are true… well then that’s a different story, however unlikely.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 7:22 AM EST up reply actions
Boise State is coming...
The reason the deal is no longer contingent… because I think it’s already been agreed to…
ESPN is reporting that Boise State asked the WAC for permission to move its olympic sports a year early was they said yes. Find out more at the end of this ESPN article.
I like sports, movies, and music!
Boise State making the jump early wouldn't surprise me.
Watch the other expansion schools for news on this. According to the Orlando Sentinel this morning, UCF hasn’t been asked.
Okay, somebody in the Big East has made this necessary. "BC" in my nickname references the icon. I AM NOT A BOSTON COLLEGE FAN.
Boise State is the one
being sought after the most as WVU’s replacement. As long as it’s financially feasible and the scheduling is ironed out for all sports, then I see no reason for them to wait.
And I have written my final words on Big East Coast Bias....
2012 Orange Bowl Champs: "I haven’t seen a Tiger take a beating like that since Elin grabbed her 9-iron."
Fuck, who said that quote in your sig? I want to hear that.
LOL
Okay, somebody in the Big East has made this necessary. "BC" in my nickname references the icon. I AM NOT A BOSTON COLLEGE FAN.
That would've been the
Dolphins leaving planet earth in Douglas Adam’s Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Man, it sucks that Douglas Adams died. :(
The only 2 programs I feel sorry for are Syracuse and Pitt, because they have to play this conference schedule for one more season.
Actually, Pitt doesn’t have any fans anyway. The only time they fill Heinz to over half capacity is when they play us and it’s a home game for WVU.
Seriously
As MA told you previously, you should stop trolling these blogs and writing stuff that does not make any sense. If you looked up the average attendance figures for the last 10 years, you would see that WVU’s average attendance is about the same as Pitt’s. You have to remember that Pitt’s stadium holds about 10,000 more fans than WVU’s, so that is why it looks so empty at times. It’s a big stadium that holds 66,000. If Pitt had just a 50,000 seat stadium, it would seem more full. Also, Pitt has had many well attended games at Heinz Field outside of WVU in the past few years. When Pitt does well, they fill the seats well.
Look, you are a WVU fan, so I fully expect you to trash Pitt – fair game – but at-least back your arguments on objective facts.
Mountaineer Field
has a capacity of 60,000. Not 50,000.
“.. at least back you arguments on objective facts.”
wealthy alumni didn't get wealthy and don't stay wealthy by throwing gobs of money at their alma maters - unless there is a tax write-off - which there wouldn't be in this case.
Orange you glad it's not football season?
by SUMB44 on Feb 10, 2012 11:24 AM EST via Android app reply actions
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