DENVER (AP) — The Western Athletic Conference has filed a lawsuit to force Nevada and Fresno State to stay in the league through the 2011-12 school year before leaving for the Mountain West Conference.
WAC commissioner Karl Benson said Tuesday the conference filed a complaint last week in Jefferson County District Court in Colorado.
Benson says WAC bylaws state members must inform the conference it is leaving for another league by July 1 or the schools are obligated to stay through the next two school years.
Nevada and Fresno State announced they had accepted invitations to the MWC on July 18. Benson says the two schools have never assured the other WAC members that they will remain with the league through the 2011-12 season.
