Fascinating stuff.
My take on the whole thing is similar to business lawyer's. West Virginia seems to be making the argument that their higher level boss in the offices of their business organzatiion is a dingbat and is driving the overall business of the organizationinto the ground, and because of that, they shouldn't be held to any of the rules of the organization they want to quit.
I don't see how that argument can win anything, if it gets to court. But it sure seems like it can do a lot of stuff out of court. I'm not sure what kind of rules there are about filing frivolous (sp?) lawsuits but I think they exist, and I think that if so, this one might fit.
I am still curious about TCU and their exit from the conference without paying a fee. It's in there in the document, and it has bothered me all along. I don't understand how TCU got out so easy quickly. Anybody know why the big east didn't at least force the exit fee/27 months? If there is a rule somehwere in big east bylaws by whcih explicity states that TCU was NOT subject to the exit fee/time penatlity for any program withdrawing, then the WVU lawsuit, IMO - is completely frivolous. But if there is no rule anywhere, and the big east was simply making a choice of enforcing or not, then I think WVU has a big gripe, as do all the other football schools.
It also has bearing on the Cuse and Pitt situation as well. Does the ACC have rules in place, such that now that they've accepted, but were to pull out prior to 2014, would they have to pay the ACC exit fee?