Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="JOC44, post: 59274, member: 613"]
As a matter of pure law, I don't see that WVU has a case.  Al Davis got to move because the NFL was a monopoly.  The Big East is not a monopoly.  Moreover, the "things have changed" argument doesn't work because Syracuse and Pitt are still in the conference for the next 26 or so months.

But this isn't a case filed strictly for its legal merit.  It is filed in West Virginia state court, and West Virginia judges are elected, so there will be immense local pressure on the judge.  There is no automatic right of appeal in West Virginia, so if the trial judge issues some bad rulings for the Big East, the West Virginia Supreme Court doesn't even have to take the case if it doesn;t want to (and there's no court in West Virginia between the trial court and the state supreme court).  Even if this case doesn't lead to a legal win for WVU, you can bet that discovery will be a painful, painful exercise for the Big East.  As a result, this is probably a shot at getting a favorable trial court ruling even if there reeally isn;t a viable legal argument and/or creating such a painful litigation exercise that the Big East settles.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?