San Diego State seeks info from the Mountain West related to a potential exit

San Diego State University has sent a letter to Mountain West seeking information related to a potential exit next year, according to a person familiar with situation. According to multiple reports, SDSU wants an extension of deline to give formal notice it is leaving Mountain West to avoid having to pay double exit fee.

SDSU hopes to join eir Pac-12 or Big 12 but has not received a formal invitation. person said school, which has been in Mountain West since its inception in 1999, is doing due diligence to be prepared to make a decision if it is invited to change conferences. ESPN first reported that SDSU sent letter to Mountain West on Tuesday.

Talk of SDSU potentially moving to Pac-12 intensified after Sourn California and UCLA announced last summer that y will move to Big Ten in August 2024. However, Pac-12 isn’t expected to announce any expansion plans until it finalizes a TV contract, which isn’t expected until sometime in summer. big issue appears to be timing of when SDSU would give a year’s notice to leave. According to reports, if SDSU waits until after June 30 to give notice, its exit fee would increase from around $16.5 million to almost $34 million.