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USC Morning Buzz: Was It Really Worth Alienating A Booster?

Did USC really need to alienate booster Brian Kennedy to the point of Kennedy filing a lawsuit?

Let’s review: For more than 25 years, USC has had two football practice fields. Howard Jones Field and Brian Kennedy Field.

After the construction of the new football building and expansion, it still has two football fields. One is still called Howard Jones Field. So why isn’t the other one still called Brian Kennedy Field?

Did USC want to charge Kennedy twice for the same practice field? Or does it think it could find another donor to pay for his name on the field?

The athletics project — including the new Dedeaux Field — still needs to raise another $25 million for completion. No one is banging the door down for their name on a football field. Or the baseball stadium clubhouse or dugout (which are for sale).

So why alienate a booster who already paid and would probably keep donating, if you treat him right?

I can say this: Kennedy had USC written in his will. I highly doubt that remains the case given the rancor caused by all of this.

Since the death of Wayne Hughes, USC doesn’t really have a super booster any more. So it doesn’t make sense to alienate one.

  • USC held its Beach Blanket Bingo in Hermosa Beach yesterday. Did you go? You know who I didn’t see there? Lincoln Riley.

To paraphrase Claude Rains in Casablanca, “I’m shocked! Shocked to find that Lincoln Riley was not there.”

8 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Was It Really Worth Alienating A Booster?”

  2. wow, wolfman, that’s some hard hitting reportage!! i could see it becoming an exhibit in Kennedy’s civil trial!! you may even be called as an expert witness!!

    astonishing Lil’ Lord Riley is too uppity to attend a beach fan meet ‘n greet, can you imagine Chesney blowing it off completely?? not saying he would play in dodgeball in the sand but he would absolutely shake some hands.

    #HumiliatingKickToFans’NetherRegions

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  4. KAM: Well of course Wiley wouldn’t be on the beach playing around

    DON: He’s busy plotting out how to beat Oregon 2-months hence

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    1. Lincoln and I WERE in Hermosa –at our “Special Us” table in Tower 12 Bar [reenacting the drinking contest scene form Indiana Jones and the Ark of The Covenant]…

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  5. Scooter,

    Because you have Jen Taco Lita Cohen in charge. She is a complete moron. She has no clue on how to run a athletic dept let alone an ice cream stand. Haden or Mckay would have had a few belts with Kennedy and all would be forgiven. Cohen, who maybe Irish needs to invite Kennedy to Mastro’s and have a few belts and dinner and reassure him it was a misunderstanding and that they are keeping his name on the field. But she is a Maroon and she doesn’t get it.

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