One of USC athletics most prominent boosters of the past 30 years has filed a lawsuit against the university after it demolished a football practice field that was named after him.
The New York Post reports that Brian Kennedy of Beverly Hills suffered “reputational harm,” “embarrassment” and “humiliation.”
Kennedy, who has donated at least $4 million to USC, has had one of USC’s two football practice fields named after him since the late 1990’s.
But USC removed his name and the field during the recent makeover with the new football facility. He also donated a scoreboard for Howard Jones Field that was torn down.
I’m told that in recent years, Kennedy had requested a meeting with athletic director Jen Cohen but she sent an underling instead.
The crux of the lawsuit is that Kennedy basically paid to install a football practice field and installed lights and a scoreboard at Howard Jones Field and now USC has removed his name from the practice field. A source said USC also wanted more money to keep Kennedy’s name on the fields after the renovation.
Kennedy also has a banquet/meeting room at the Galen Center named after him.along with a building next to the swimming pool that houses offices for the swim, water polo and golf coaches.
When LSU won the national title, Ed Orgeron invited Kennedy to sit in his suite for the game. The two have been close since they met at USC.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
USC needs to be careful not to remove Al Cowlings name from his building….just saying
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KAM: Are you saying it could be a f a t a l mistake?
DON:BWWWWWWWWAAHAHAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SC is led by morons, how can you send your underling to meet a prominent booster ?
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You’re right! They should hire Vizzini!
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It figures. SC is not run by SC people anymore.
Now days it’s money, with people more interested in
dollars than heritage.
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I don’t know what constitutes ‘SC people…’ if it’s the usual clowns off of West 28th Street – good riddance.
This may be as Wolf described ‘or’ it may be what Cohen has ‘uncovered’ i.e. it isn’t a normal jump, regardless of tenure, for athletic administrator(s) to make that many moves – I’d say there was a reason an underling was sent to meet the donor.
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Scott, you need to dig deeper. I have been involved with naming rights for a nonprofit children’s museum, and the contract for naming rights is never open ended…it is usually for a stipulated number of years like 20 years. Is Brian Kennedy’s name still on the dining hall/meeting room? Ed Orgeron was smoozing him at LSU so he would be a contributor there. Is anything named for him at LSU? Maybe the athletic department has approached him for a donation towards the new football facility and he declined so no need to send the AD to talk to him. Please get the whole story before you start your negative comments about the USC administration. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962. I donated towards one of the Heisman jerseys along with another alum about 20 years ago, and I haven’t received an annual thank you note or a visit from the AD. Whoa is me. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962
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Kennedy got more than he paid for.
#SummaryJudgementInFavorOfUSC
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Hey Mike to echo the Stones “it’s Only Rock n’ Roll”
“…I like it….I like it….”
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DON: Shameful.
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