MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University announced “significant, ongoing improvements” to monitoring bid procedures after settling a two-year media rights lawsuit filed by West Virginia Radio Corp.
Financial terms of what WVU and media rights-holder IMG College paid in the settlement weren’t immediately available.
The agreement, sources said, was not tied to Mountaineers football and basketball radio broadcasts returning to WVRC’s statewide network.
WVRC, the parent company of MetroNews, alleged former athletics director Oliver Luck and WVU board of governors member Drew Payne rigged the bidding to assure IMG College was awarded the third-tier media rights contract.