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conference does.  That\'s major conference. I think the WAC\'s fee for Boise State exiting is giving the WAC\'s lawyers freebie tickets to the Boise St./TCU game.  Should be a barn burner.

Anyway,  maybe withdrawal fees/penalties have always been a part of the picture for all major conferences, except the SEC where such an idea literally cannot be conceived.    Maybe the withdrawal fee is unique to the Big XII , a unique, practical admission that from the git-go the Big XII knew it was unstable as deuterium isotopes.

But, whatever, it\'s a contract and a contract means lawyers and lawyers mean endless, expensive pain.   Short form:  they\'ll probably pay and be glad.

But taking common sense out of the equation,  I\'d like to see CU\'s and the Big XII lawyers go at it for two reasons:

A)  It would be interesting.   The only line of argument that might
work would be to argue that  Texas\'  (and OK and OSU and TT and T&M)  own  manuevering and failure to support the Big 12 definitively forced Colorado\'s hand in seeking a safe harbor in the Pac-10.  Those schools were openly contemplating the demise of the Big XII on their own terms, so they can\'t blame others for protecting their own interests.   I don\'t think it\'s necessarily a winning argument, but I\'d like to see them try.

B) A lawsuit would mean a discovery process,  which would turn up documents on just how greedy and arrogant UT really is.   Nice to have that public.

I have relatives who went to UT,  so as long as Stanford wasn\'t playing them,  I was neutral and detached about UT.   Having seen what they are,  I\'ll be rooting for Oklahoma every...single...time.

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conference does.  That\'s major conference. I think the WAC\'s fee for Boise State exiting is giving the WAC\'s lawyers freebie tickets to the Boise St./TCU game.  Should be a barn burner.

Anyway,  maybe withdrawal fees/penalties have always been a part of the picture for all major conferences, except the SEC where such an idea literally cannot be conceived.    Maybe the withdrawal fee is unique to the Big XII , a unique, practical admission that from the git-go the Big XII knew it was unstable as deuterium isotopes.

But, whatever, it\'s a contract and a contract means lawyers and lawyers mean endless, expensive pain.   Short form:  they\'ll probably pay and be glad.

But taking common sense out of the equation,  I\'d like to see CU\'s and the Big XII lawyers go at it for two reasons:

A)  It would be interesting.   The only line of argument that might
work would be to argue that  Texas\'  (and OK and OSU and TT and T&M)  own  manuevering and failure to support the Big 12 definitively forced Colorado\'s hand in seeking a safe harbor in the Pac-10.  Those schools were openly contemplating the demise of the Big XII on their own terms, so they can\'t blame others for protecting their own interests.   I don\'t think it\'s necessarily a winning argument, but I\'d like to see them try.

B) A lawsuit would mean a discovery process,  which would turn up documents on just how greedy and arrogant UT really is.   Nice to have that public.

I have relatives who went to UT,  so as long as Stanford wasn\'t playing them,  I was neutral and detached about UT.   Having seen what they are,  I\'ll be rooting for Oklahoma every...single...time.