Folks, this is wild. Utah Valley is currently the 1 seed in the upcoming WAC Basketball Conference Championship, but they have a little problem. Actually, one million problems.

While you might be thinking the same thing as I was – who the hell is Utah Valley? – to be clear, UVU is the biggest university in the state of Utah.

To state the issue simply, UVU is leaving the WAC, and, despite prior litigation, UVU’s response is “exit fee? We don’t need no stinkin’ exit fee”. They are leaving the WAC to join the Big West, which is a conference that contains most of the smaller Cal schools.

The WAC is instituting football programs for the 2026-2027 season, starting in July, and UVU had no desire to field a team, so there’s that. But have no fear, the money magically appeared.

Clemson and Florida State, take notes. In all seriousness, I doubt there’s a massive media contract to be bought out of for leaving the WAC, so that’s probably the key difference in UVU’s indifference.