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Tech and Big East Schools file suit (Palm Beach Post)

"We think it would be particularly useful for people to take some time and slow this process down.' - CHARLES STEGER, Virginia Tech president Big East schools file suit to keep UM Five desperate schools wage Citing the Hurricanes' promises to stay, the legal charges a conspiracy designed to 'destroy' the War of Roses (and Oranges) Even as nasty divorces one's getting uglier by the It's b becoming increasingly cult : to figure out how much Big East Conference loves versity of Miami and wants go, this day. diffithe the Unithe Greg Stoda Greg Stoda Hurricanes to remain in the marriage, or how much five of its ie if you could work about-to-be-jilted member insitu- emotional wickedness tions hate the Hurricanes and want husband and wife digging to make them pay for giving up on against each other on the union. a fight to their deaths. This is bigger than The War of the Roses, a hysterically funny mov- See By JORGE MILIAN Conn. Syracuse, one of the three Palm Beach Post Staff Writer schools considering leaving the CORAL GABLES - For weeks, Big East, was not named because talks had remained cordial be- the plaintiffs found no evidence the tween the Big East and the three school made promises to stay in schools contemplating leaving for the conference. the Atlantic Coast Conference. The suit seeks unspecified That changed Friday when five damages, charging that UM, BosBig East schools filed a lawsuit ton College and the ACC conaround the against the University of Miami spired "on a scheme that is calcu- about a and Boston College, seeking to lated to destroy the Big East and in keep them from defecting. misappropriate its value for their what became The ACC also was named as a benefit.' defendent in the lawsuit filed in The plaintiffs are the five STODA, 10B P state Superior Court in Hartford, schools left behind in the ACC's action conference. proposed expansion - Rutgers, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Connecticut and Pittsburgh. They contend that UM "made repeated public and private statements . that it intended to remain a member of the Big East and that it had no intention of leaving to join any other conference." Those assurances, the lawsuit states, were made while UM and BC were "engaged in secret negotiations to leave the Big East to join the ACC." UM Athletic Director Paul Dee declined to comment on the specifics of the lawsuit but said the university had done nothing wrong. See BIG EAST, 10B >
Article from 07 Jun 2003The Palm Beach Post(West Palm Beach, FL)
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