Tech, VCU file lawsuit against Metro Conference
Virginia Tech Spectrum, January 26, 1995
Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Richmond seeking a temporary injunction against the proposed realignment of the Metro Conference.
The lawsuit also aims to prevent the establishment of a new conference affiliation and seeks enforcement of VCU's and Virginia Tech's rights under the existing Metro Conference Constitution.
President Paul Torgersen was notified of the tentative plans to reorganize the Metro Conference and expel VCU and Tech in a copy of a letter sent to VCU President Eugene Trani on January 13.
The lawsuit accuses the Metro Conference schools of breach of contract by violating the rules of its constitution. By seeking to form a new conference, the five Metro schools have effectively withdrawn from the Metro Conference and thus owe the conference a $500,000 penalty fee per school and have lost their voting rights. The suit also accuses the other schools interested in forming the new conference with interference with the Metro Conference contract.
The Metro universities are Louisville, Tulane, North Carolina at Charlotte, South Florida, and Southern Mississippi. Universities seeking to create the new conference are Cincinnati, Memphis, DePaul, Marquette, St. Louis, and Alabama-Birmingham.
The Richmond Times Dispatch reported that a hearing on a temporary injunction is scheduled for today, January 26.
vcudesign said:We should be playing Louisville, Tulane, Cincinnati, Memphis, DePaul, and Marquette right now
That's right...we were in the conference final and should have received an at-large bid as we beat Tulane late in the season on their home court. However, the NCAA selection committee extended the at-large bid to Tulane...WTF!!! I still remember how upset Sonny was regarding this situation.VRam said:We were in the Conference final Sherron Mills senior season, playing without injured Kendrick Warren. Should have gotten into the Tournament.
I think often times some of our posters bash the Metro days without really appreciating the leap we made at that time.
Correct! However, I'd like to see VCU make a full court press to get us back into a conference such as the Metro. Several months ago, Hofstra came out and said they would like to explore other conference affiliations. Not sure if that got them anywhere but I'd like VCU to do the same. I think we'd be a much more desirable team for most higher level conferences than would Hofstra. Right now, VCU is hot! If we were ever going to make a move, it seem now would be the time.Ramdog said:The CAA is where we play & the metro doesn’t exist...so be it.
Rambler said:However, we were playing on a much higher level and would have continued to grow as a team and a program had the Metro teams not decided to go a different direction.
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