This is turning out to be a great week for Clay Helton. Who is talking about football? No one. That’s what you want when you are incompetent. Meanwhile, it looks like Donna Heinel was even running a side business for high school coaches, counselors and administrators and used the Galen Center for workshops. Again, where was the oversight? Everyone just seems to do what they … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Privilege Knows No Limits
USC athletic director Lynn Swann is at the Pac-12 Tournament and watched the Trojans’ victory over Arizona. With an early 12 p.m. start, he still had time to play golf this afternoon if he wanted to. By the way, maybe a reporter in Las Vegas can ask about this and clear up if it is Swann or Pat Haden. UPDATED: Swann declined to answer … Continue reading Lynn Swann Sighting
TMZ reported that Lori Loughlin’s daughter, Olivia Jade Giannulli, spent the night in the Bahamas on a yacht owned by Rick Caruso, chairman of the USC Board of Trustees. She was with Caruso’s daughter, Gianna. Caruso gave TMZ a statement: “My daughter and a group of students left for spring break prior to the government’s announcement yesterday. Once we became aware of the investigation, the … Continue reading No Conflicts Of Interest At USC
These are some of the more comical aspects of the USC admissions scandal: There was a 145-pound long snapper. There was a 5-foot-5 men’s basketball player who was listed as 6-1. There was the kicker whose high school did not have a football team. Maybe now we know why USC has struggled so much in football and basketball this season. Continue reading Some Strange Athletes Got Accepted At USC
What will today’s scandal be at USC? USC has become a freak show. Part of it stems from the entrenched and entitled attitude that exists for a segment of the university and its well-heeled donor class. Donna Heinel and Jovan Vavic were long-time employees. Vavic did whatever he wanted and was keeping USC relevant when it came to winning NCAA titles. Heinel was the No. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Culture Change Must Come Soon
Donna Heinel probably had pretty good reason to think she would never got caught taking bribes to get students into USC. Since around 2007, she pretty much was the only person in the athletic dept. who dealt with the admissions boards. It was her own fiefdom. This often made her unpopular with USC coaches because she would often reject seemingly qualified candidates before even taking … Continue reading No Oversight Means Plenty Of Scandals
