USC Offers 4-Year Scholarships To Student-Athletes

ESPN - Leading the way in student-athlete welfare, USC will now offer four-year athletic scholarships in the revenue sports.

USC will offer four-year athletic scholarships to all scholarship student-athletes in the revenue sports of football and men's and women's basketball in lieu of the current practice of offering one-year renewable scholarships, USC athletic director Pat Haden announced Monday.  This policy will be effective July 1 for all current and future scholarship student-athletes in those sports.

"In taking this action, USC hopes to help lead the effort to refocus on student-athlete welfare on and off the field," Haden said.

I know for a fact that USC has been doing this for years.  Whether it was someone like Frankie Telfort with a heart condition found during his incoming physical or a lineman that had a career-ending injury, USC has honored scholarships for players no longer on the team.  Haden was just brilliant to get some great PR from something we have always done.  UCLA cuts players, and then they have to pay their own way - which is fine by me, since I'd rather not have our tax dollars wasted on a sociology degree.  And here is what 5-star Long Beach Poly CB Iman Marshall had to say on Twitter about our announcement.