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[QUOTE="JOC44, post: 63028, member: 613"]
A couple of things:

Counsel for the Big East is Covington & Burling, Paul Tagliabue's old firm.

Yes you can sue somebody before they breach of they have repudiated their obligations under the contract.

WVA will try to stay the Rhode Island suit in favor of the earlier-filed WVA suit. I doubt that will work. State courts have no obligation to defer to an earlier-filed suit in another state. The usual rule is that both suits can proceed until one results in a judgment.

I can't believe the conference bylaws don't have a forum selection clause that precludes a school from filing suit in its own backyard (where the pressure on the judge, particularly if the state's judges are elected, is immense).

Usually, you can't get specific performance of a contract if plaintiff can be made whole by an award of money damages.  All of the conference's damages seem reasonably ascertainable.

Would the Big East really have it's TV contract for hoops reduced just because West Virginia
 left?
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