AP News: 3 Departing Members of Mountain West Suing the Conference for Withholding Millions of Dollars

O’Melveny has filed a second amended complaint in Colorado state court against the Mountain West Conference on behalf of Boise State University, Colorado State University, and Utah State University. The complaint further advances the universities’ lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference, which O’Melveny initially filed on behalf of the universities in December 2024. The 37-page filing also adds Mountain West commissioner Gloria Nevarez as a defendant. The lawsuit accuses the league and its commissioner of “intentionally and fraudulently” depriving the schools of their membership rights and causing millions of dollars in harm while “impacting the rights and opportunities of Plaintiffs’ student-athletes for their last year in the Conference.” The schools are now seeking damages in the latest complaint. “We are disappointed that the Mountain West continues to improperly retaliate against the departing members and their student-athletes,” said O’Melveny partner Steve Olson, co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Department. The O’Melveny team is also led by partners Matthew Cowan and Timothy Heafner. This story was also covered by ESPN, Santa Fe New Mexican, The Coloradoan, The Salt Lake Tribune, Athletic Business, 2KUTV, The Morning Sun, Yahoo Sports, msn, TriCity Record, Chron, Buffalo News, Hastings Tribune, The Roanoke Times, The News & Advance, Star Herald, The Hamilton Spectator, St. Louis Today, Opelika-Auburn News, and Bristol Herald Courier.

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