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Pac-12, Mountain West conferences finalize settlement over `poaching' and exit fees 2%
By John Marshall0%
8/4/2026, 5:32:34 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Loss Aversion, and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 10.8% saturation with 38 hits. Analysis detected 260 faulty-reasoning hits from 352 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 2% (30,224 of 30,584 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the article peer group.
The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have finalized a settlement over “poaching” and exit fees.
The two conferences announced on Tuesday that all sides have reached final agreements to settle all pending litigation.
The statement included Boise State, Colorado State, Utah State and The Board of Trustees of the California State University on behalf of San Diego State and Fresno State.
“With these matters concluded, the conferences and institutions can move forward with certainty and focus on serving their student-athletes, campuses, fans, and communities,” the statement said.
The conferences announced an agreement in principle in May.
The Pac-12 and some of new the schools joining the conference filed a lawsuit in California in 2024, claiming the poaching clause the league agreed to when it signed a scheduling agreement for its football teams was invalid.
The clause called for payments to the Mountain West of $10 million for the first team that left, with the amount increasing by $500,000 for every additional team — to a total of $55 million.
The Pac-12 had its motion to dismiss denied by Judge Claudia Wilken in November after the sides failed to reach an agreement in mediation last summer.
Colorado State and Utah State filed a separate lawsuit — later joined by Boise State — against the Mountain West seeking to avoid exit fees ranging from $19 million to $38 million.
Colorado State, Utah State, San Diego State, Fresno State and Boise State are set to leave the Mountain West and join the Pac-12 this fall.
The conference added Texas State last year to reach the eight-team minimum to be eligible for an automatic bid for its champion in the College Football Playoff.
Gonzaga also is leaving the West Coast Conference to join the Pac-12 as a non-football member this fall.
The Mountain West has added UTEP, Hawaii and Northern Illinois for football starting this fall.
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