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Message: [QUOTE="Chip, post: 62990, member: 19"] I guess I can see that, but once SU and Pitt announced they were leaving, why should WVU be bound to 27 months if it would prevent them from going somewhere else? That's what a judge has to decide and I wouldn't be surprised if they won, or at least came to a reasonable settlement. It's not loyalty after SU and Pitt left, it's survival. SU and Pitt were the catalysts for what ruined the league, so it makes sense to hold them to 27 months. WVU, and the other 6 were the victims, it's hard to be reasonable about this and say that the Big East wasn't weakened because there are other current non BCS schools willing to join. If I were WVU, I would have fought the $5M as well (same with TCU). But I believe they figured their agreement to the $5M, even paying half up front, would be the good faith that would get them out of the league early without much pushback. [/QUOTE]