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Rick Courtright Suing USC for Termination, Humiliation for Reporting Violations

Former USC Trojans senior defensive analyst Rick Courtright is suing the school for $2 million and claiming he was "fired and humiliated after reporting multiple violations to school officials," according to TMZ Sports.

Per that report, Courtright—who was with the team from 2016 to 2018—"claims he learned two USC graduate assistants working for the football team were paying other students to take their classes for them—with the blessing and funding coming from USC defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast."

He also said he "reported safety violations," which included a pair of football players reportedly suffering concussions after an "unsupervised pre-game warmup, where they were not wearing proper protective gear.