The Pac-12 reportedly filed a legal complaint Tuesday, over millions of dollars in penalties that the Mountain West believes it is owed.

What would conference realignment be without a little litigation? One week after the Pac-12 replenished its roster with the additions of Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Colorado State (and now Utah State),

Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss the conference shuffle between the Pac-12 and Mountain West Conference and why they don’t merge into one big conference.

The Pac-12 is in the midst of attempting to expand their conference, currently slated to have six members. A more national approach was taken before multiple schools remained committed to the AAC and publicly announced as such on Monday afternoon.

Utah State becomes the seventh member of the rebuilding Pac-12, which needs to get to eight members by the start of the 2026-27 academic year.

The Pac-12 filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West on Tuesday taking aim at a pricey "poaching fee." The suit, filed in the Northern District of California, alleges that the potential penalty is unenforceable under antitrust law.