Source: SDSU prepares to remain in Mountain West

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 05:49 PM ET San Diego State is anticipated to provide notice to the Mountain West on Friday that it will not withdraw from the league, a source informed

ESPN.The update from the school will be the latest in a back-and-forth in between the school and the conference that started on June 13, when SDSU notified the Mountain West it “means” to leave the conference.San Diego State now prepares to progress as part of the Mountain West, per sources, as it does not have an invitation from a power conference. The Mountain West had yet to receive any notice since early Friday afternoon and has yet to comment.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated The news emerged on Friday due to the fact that it marked a considerable deadline. If SDSU were to leave the Mountain

West for the start of the 2024-25 season after June 30, it would need to pay nearly $34 million, up from about $16.5 million. That suggests that SDSU is expected remain in the Mountain West for the next two seasons, as it’s unlikely it would pay$34 million to leave prior.It’s unsure how the Mountain West will respond, as it informed SDSU after the June 13 letter that it had actually accepted the school’s notification of resignation. Included in the process of withdrawing is the elimination of SDSU president Adela de la Torre’s seat from the league’s board of directors and the withholding of payment to put towards the exit fee.The league normally sends its annual payment– anticipated to be around$ 6 million for SDSU– this week. San Diego State’s payment has actually not been sent out, per a source.San Diego State’s impending decision on Friday comes the day that the Pac-12’s board of directors once again satisfied for an update on the league’s tv negotiations. Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff gave a more detailed discussion to the Pac-12 board, however sources informed ESPN’s Heather Dinich on Friday that no deal is anticipated to be revealed imminently.San Diego State had actually asked the Mountain West for a monthlong extension to essentially see if the Pac-12 could determine a deal, as the initial letter indicated”unpredicted delays involving other collegiate athletic conferences.” SDSU has actually been public about the

school’s pursuing trying to sign up with the Pac-12 in the wake of the upcoming departures of USC and UCLA to the Huge Ten.In the Mountain West’s 2nd letter to San Diego State, the conference explained that no exceptions the school requested, consisting of the additional month, would be granted.Sources had actually suggested to ESPN that San Diego State” was checking out all of the alternatives and asking all the concerns.”San Diego State tried to leave the Mountain

West as soon as before, revealing it would join the Big East back in 2011. In 2013, the Mountain West presidents voted to enable SDSU back in the league.San Diego State has been a Mountain West member given that 1999 and raised the league’s profile and income considerably with a run to the guys’s basketball

nationwide title game earlier this year. The football program opened a brand-new$300 million arena last season, a home for the program that has won at least 10 games five times since 2015. ESPN’s Heather Dinich contributed

to this report.