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Ex-USC football staffer suing school over whistle blowing NCAA violations

Monday marks new USC president Carol Folt’s first day on the job, and already she may have some new big concerns to deal with relating to USC football.

A former Trojan quality control assistant alleged in a lawsuit that he witnessed NCAA violations during his time with the program.

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The Los Angeles Times detailed the allegations:

Rick Courtright, USC’s defensive quality control assistant from 2016 to 2018, said in the lawsuit he overheard graduate assistants Brett Arce and Austin Clark discuss working with defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast to pay two students to take online classes for the graduate assistants.