(02-07-2020 10:46 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 10:24 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 08:08 AM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 07:58 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-07-2020 07:16 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  The MWC and members have reversed their decision on Boise and BSU will be dropping lawsuit.

Smart move by the MW to rescind the vote to 'terminate' the bonus, as that clearly was a contract breach. And if Boise is going to vote to accept the contract, that *seems* to mean they are backing down from their demand for an increased bonus.

I wouldn't be so sure that BSD Boise State isn't still pushing for more money.

Quote:The Mountain West and Boise State subsequently issued a joint statement saying the two sides “are currently in discussions in hopes of bringing this matter to a resolution without litigation.”

"Bringing this matter to a resolution," not "this matter is resolved.

Regardless, Boise STate won, the haters-and-losers caucus of the MWC lost.

They just postponed the fight. What they voted on before was unnecessary. Its 6 years down the road.

They had the initial skirmish. The loser-and-haters came at Boise, tried to muscle Boise. Boise called them on it and they backed down.

There will probably be a rematch in 6 years. But this confrontation happened, the MWC tried to buffalo Boise State into accepting the end of the Reentry Agreement, and Boise stood up to them successfully.

Frankly, the whole episode is odd. The MW never had a winning legal case. The only thing that made sense was that the schools had had enough with the deal and were going to rid themselves of it regardless of the consequences. Instead, they caved in a few days and reverse the decision to end the deal. Now that we know the conclusion, the whole nasty episode makes even less sense. Maybe with Kustra gone, the MW members thought there was a chance the new Boise president might be an easy pushover? Honesty—this decision by the membership to press episode so hard in the MW meetings just doesn’t make sense now that we know the outcome.