Tomorrow’s hearing in Lincoln Parish in the University of Louisiana System’s lawsuit against Conference USA is cancelled. The UL System filed the lawsuit on behalf of Louisiana Tech in its quest to leave Conference USA for the Sun Belt for the 2026 football season. Matt Bellinson, a reporter with the Ruston Daily Leader, says Conference USA has filed a motion to move the case to federal court.
“They must obviously feel that state court and, essentially, the one in Lincoln Parish and Louisiana Tech, would have some biases involved. And that’s obviously why they decided to move this to the federal level,” Bellinson said.
All this comes as Conference USA and the Sun Belt each released schedules that include Louisiana Tech. Bellinson says he believes Conference USA is trying to extract as much money from Louisiana Tech as possible before its inevitable exit.
“No matter what court hears it, that’s all well and good. But at the end of the day, there is no legal precedent that can force us to play in this league,” Bellinson noted.
“Bellinson says even before it had issued its press release last week announcing that it plans on playing the Sun Belt schedule, Tech made it perfectly clear which direction it had planned on going.
“Everything they had put out publicly, including public announcements during the football season this past fall, they made it very clear that their intention was to play in the Sun Belt,” Bellinson said.
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