So it looks like UNLV is pretty much stuck in the MW even if the PAC win their lawsuits and we get significantly less than promised.
"What if the Mountain West — and therefore UNLV — doesn’t get all that it’s owed? It’s reasonable to expect any settlement would leave the league taking in less than $150 million. The Pac-12 still needs at least one more school, and UNLV’s name continues to float around as a possibility. San Diego State athletic director JD Wicker said recently the Pac-12’s new media rights deal could be completed by the end of March. Industry sources believe it could be closer to or after the Final Four in April, and further expansion by one or more schools could soon follow.
The Mountain West maintains that its new grant of rights is rock-solid, regardless of the financial specifics. The document says that if any provision becomes invalid or unenforceable, it doesn’t invalidate the agreement. That would seem to lock UNLV in. Harper’s public comments didn’t indicate a change of plans. So that’s the situation, for now."
Which to me was a mistake. Maybe we could still sue and get out. That is what the PAC did.
But with a P4 free pass, better competition, and potentially significantly better media payouts, and probably more manageable exit fees than advertised, why sign a document that locks you in without some sort of out if we get screwed with the promised money?
Can the Mountain West fend Pac-12 poaching efforts off for good? ‘We have a clear future’
Source: The New York Times
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