The Mountain West Conference (MW), a privately owned organization founded in 1999, is a collegiate athletic conference with approximately 40 employees headquartered in the United States. Its primary activity is organizing and overseeing spectator sports competitions among its member institutions. The conference emphasizes academic achievement alongside athletic competition and actively participates in NCAA governance. The MW's member schools are geographically diverse, spanning a wide range of landscapes from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, including locations in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Hawaii. As of 2023, the conference continues to operate.
On August 7, 2025, O’Melveny 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. These three schools previously sued the Mountain West Conference, alleging the conference improperly withheld tens of millions of dollars and misled them about a plan to accelerate Grand Canyon University's membership. Separately, the Pac-12 filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference over $55 million in “poaching fees.” A federal judge in California heard arguments on the Mountain West Conference’s motion to dismiss this lawsuit on an unspecified date in the provided text; no ruling was issued that day.
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