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RENO, Nev.—Nevada and Fresno State have agreed to play one more football season in the Western Athletic Conference before transferring to the Mountain West Conference for the fall of 2012.
The two schools wanted to make the change next year, but WAC officials filed a lawsuit that said they’d failed to provide proper notice to leave the league and would owe the WAC a $5 million departure fee.
WAC Commissioner Karl Benson announced Thursday they’ve reached an agreement that allows the schools to make the jump effective June 30, 2012 in exchange for a buyout of $900,000 each. That means both of their football and basketball seasons will begin in the Mountain West in the fall of 2012.
