WSU, OSU file legal complaint against Pac-12

The presidents of Washington State and Oregon State are "taking the Pac-12 to court in order to gain clarity on voting rights and control of assets." WSU and OSU filed a joint complaint Friday in Whitman County (Wash.) Superior Court that "seeks to determine the makeup of the Pac-12 board of directors following the announced departures of 10 schools." The Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff are the named defendants. WSU’s Kirk Schulz and OSU’s Jayathi Murthy are "not attempting to punish any of the outgoing schools or prevent them from leaving." Instead, they "want declaratory judgment from the court regarding the makeup of the Pac-12’s board of directors," which has "voting authority and control of the conference’s finances" (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 9/8).