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Updated: October 31, 2011, 5:28 PM ET

W. Virginia files lawsuit against Big East

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By Andrea Adelson

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West Virginia filed a civil lawsuit against the Big East on Monday in an attempt to exit the conference in 2012 to join the Big 12, squarely blaming commissioner John Marinatto for the instability of the conference.

In the 14-page suit filed in Monongalia County Circuit Court in West Virginia, the university claims it should not be held to the 27-month waiting period required of all departing teams. West Virginia alleges, "The Big East Conference and its commissioner, through their actions, breached their contract to WVU and nullified and voided the bylaws."

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The reason the Big East breached its contract? West Virginia alleges that nothing was done to protect the remaining six football playing schools once Pitt, Syracuse and TCU left. That created such instability, that the lawsuit alleges Cincinnati, Rutgers and UConn engaged in discussions with the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Big Ten.

West Virginia alleges Marinatto failed to take proactive measures to "maintain, let alone enhance the quality of competition in the league" and the school had no choice but to accept an invitation to the Big 12.

West Virginia also believes the Big East will lose its position as an automatic BCS-qualifying conference.

West Virginia also alleges, "The denigration of the Big East Conference is a direct and proximate result of ineffective leadership and breach of fiduciary duties to the football schools by the Big East Conference and its commissioner."

The school is asking for a court injunction to declare the current 27-month waiting period void or count the $2.5 million payment the conference already received from the school as a way to waive the waiting period. West Virginia also is seeking damages for the breach of contract.

The Big East has not responded to a request for comment. But the league has been adamant about holding Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia to the waiting period.

When the Big 12 announced it had accepted West Virginia as a member last week, both the conference and school said the Mountaineers would be full members in 2012.

Andrea Adelson is the Big East blogger for ESPN.com.

Follow Andrea Adelson on Twitter: @ESPN_CollegeFB

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Sorry, didn't see earlier post on this subject...

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Notice WHO the story doesn't mention as "engaging in discussions" with other conferences. :wacko:

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Good for West Virginia for filing this Lawsuit against the Big East and its incompetent Commissioner! The Big East has done EVERYTHING in an INEPT and Pathetic manner since all of this realignment began.

Wasn't Genshaft's quote "USF will end up in a better position at the end of all this?"

Judy Genshaft and Woolard are almost as inept as Marinatto. What a JOKE of a conference.

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Good for West Virginia for filing this Lawsuit against the Big East and its incompetent Commissioner! The Big East has done EVERYTHING in an INEPT and Pathetic manner since all of this realignment began.

Wasn't Genshaft's quote "USF will end up in a better position at the end of all this?"

Judy Genshaft and Woolard are almost as inept as Marinatto. What a JOKE of a conference.

And que a comment from a mod about you not knowing what Judge Judy and Capt'n Wollard are doing

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Wake up Sellular. If Judy and Doug were doing ANYTHING, we would have heard at least a little something about it.

Judy & Doug are doing nothing because they have got NOTHING. Their leadership through all this has been poor. I believe last year that supported Villanova for expansion which pissed other Conference Members off.

Like I said, good for West Virginia for taking action with a lawsuit such as this. About time Marinatto suffers for his ineptitude and creating this train wreck of a situation!

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Wake up Sellular. If Judy and Doug were doing ANYTHING, we would have heard at least a little something about it.

Judy & Doug are doing nothing because they have got NOTHING. Their leadership through all this has been poor. I believe last year that supported Villanova for expansion which pissed other Conference Members off.

Like I said, good for West Virginia for taking action with a lawsuit such as this. About time Marinatto suffers for his ineptitude and creating this train wreck of a situation!

Dude, I totally agree with you. All I was saying is every time somebody makes a post like yours, some mod chimes in that we don't know what we are talking about and Judy et al are busting their butts behind the scenes however we are too removed from the topic to understand such complex negotiations..

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hilarious. West Virginia is suing the league for instability, when THEY are one of the most destabilizing forces in the whole process because there would be no instability if they would have committed to staying put.

f*** West Virginia. the combined IQ of the entire state's population is less than the number of teeth in the stands at Milan Pusskar stadium on any given Saturday, and that's saying something.

an even BIGGER "LOL" goes out to the comment concerning "improving competition in the league." ATTENTION WVU: since the last realignment in 2005, u have won a grand total of ONE outright BE championship, and in the entire history of Big East football since 1991, you've only won TWO total outright league championships... Cincinnati has won just as many outright league titles in literally 1/4 the time.

u couldn't beat out UConn for a BCS bid last year and you're talking about improving competition? u just lost to Syracuse, and you're talking about improving competition? if the competition were any stiffer you'd be 6-6 every year and suing because u suck epic ass at football. don't worry, you'll get your opportunity to savor those 6-6 seasons in the Big 12... in 27 months after you've served your time in football purgatory. b*****s.

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Good for West Virginia for filing this Lawsuit against the Big East and its incompetent Commissioner! The Big East has done EVERYTHING in an INEPT and Pathetic manner since all of this realignment began.

Wasn't Genshaft's quote "USF will end up in a better position at the end of all this?"

Judy Genshaft and Woolard are almost as inept as Marinatto. What a JOKE of a conference.

Surprise, surprise. I wondered where you have been. Your only posts are negative slander to the USF. I have never seen you post anything positive about the university which makes me wonder if you really are a USF fan.

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Judy and Doug got NOTHING. absolutely NOTHING. and most of it is beyond their control.

would it really be helpful for them to come out and say "yeah we got nuthin. we are completely helpless to prevent USF's football program from being flushed down the crapper" ??? they have no choice but to keep their mouths shut, because nothing they say right now is going to help us or make the situation any better.

they're like a nerd's pair of underwear hoisted up on the school flag pole, flapping in the wind, completely exposed and helpless to do anything about it.

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