HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall filed a lawsuit against Conference USA in a bid to expedite an early move to the Sun Belt.
Among other things, the lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment and injunctions against the league, which filed a request for arbitration earlier this month, The Herald-Dispatch reported.
A Conference USA spokesman declined comment on the lawsuit. Last week the conference released a football schedule for the 2022 season that included 14 teams, saying it will “exhaust all necessary legal actions” to keep Southern Mississippi, Old Dominion and Marshall from leaving the league a year early.
Southern Miss, ODU and Marshall accepted invitations to the Sun Belt during the fall and announced earlier this month they plan to terminate memberships in C-USA on June 30 to join their new conference.
