Pac-12 urges court not to dismiss “poaching penalty” lawsuit against Mountain West

Three months ago, the Pac-12 began legal proceedings against the Mountain West over the poaching penalties included in their scheduling agreement for the 2024 season. The lawsuit called the $55 million penalty anticompetitive and asked the court to declare it “invalid and unenforceable.”

Predictably, the Mountain West responded with a motion to dismiss the case, claiming the Pac-12 failed “to allege any harm to competition or to itself.”

The latest move came Monday in the Northern District of California...