Conferences charging large penalties to schools that leave, especially without due notice, sometimes seem to be cheap shots. However, there is a reason for it. Large amounts of money are involved in these enterprises. All of college athletics has a vested interest in stability in the respective sports (although none of them seem to recognize that fact at the moment). Furthermore, the conferences have a lot of time and money tied up in administrative costs and PR (building the brand). When teams bolt the conferences, it causes a lot of headaches, which translates into lots of costs.
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