(01-23-2020 02:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-23-2020 02:03 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(01-23-2020 12:57 PM)B easy Wrote:  Without looking into the details it appears that this suit lacks ripeness to even be heard by the court since there is no damage to compensate for at this time.

In United States law, ripeness refers to the readiness of a case for litigation; "a claim is not ripe for adjudication if it rests upon contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripeness

False. The suit also says that the MW denied Boise's right to refuse the FOX deal in December of 2019. That would be a past event that they are requesting relief. Additionally, the suite alleges that the MW membership also took a vote (past tense) which passed, compelling an end date to the for the Boise special deal in 2026 (a vote to unilaterally end the Boise special deal is expressly prohibited in the Boise term sheet).

He's absolutely correct on your last part. No real action has happened yet so they have no grounds for a suit on what may or may not happen in 6 years.

Boise seems to be claiming they can veto, not only their home game deal, but also their road game deal and that they never approved either or that they did approve them but didn't know material facts. From the press releases, it appears they did approve both. And common sense says they don't have veto power on the road game part. So probably the only issue is whether "material" facts were withheld from them.

Seems like they are blowing a lot of hot air and made this unneccesarily public. Basically threatening the other MWC presidents was a really bad move when you have to "live" with them.

Here is quote from BSU rep about the new TV deal.

”ESPN has been a great partner of Boise State – and the Mountain West – for a long time, and we had some hesitation about moving away from that relationship. However, the terms and value offered to the Mountain West by FOX were better. We feel that our new partner is committed to helping Boise State continue to grow our brand and raise our institutional profile across the nation.”

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/natio...0be77.html