07/09/2025
USC Athletics has eliminated 12 jobs, including six current employees, the department confirmed to the Daily Trojan Tuesday evening. The department declined to state which positions were eliminated. The decision was first reported by Ryan Kartje for the Los Angeles Times.
The adjustment comes shortly after the approval of the landmark class action settlement of House v. NCAA on June 6, which will allow members of the NCAA, and its “defendant conferences,” ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC, alongside other participating universities, to directly pay student-athletes through revenue sharing starting July 1. House also removes athletic scholarship limits, and the amount of scholarships universities can offer now depends on new roster limits.
In a “State of Troy” message to the community on June 12, Jennifer Cohen, athletics director, wrote that the University would utilize the full $20.5 million maximum that House set on paying student-athletes in the first year. Cohen also wrote that “a broad and challenging transformation” in college athletics has created a time of “financial stress.”
“Championship programs require championship resources, and while we are excited to provide additional benefits and opportunities to student-athletes, we are also realistic about increased costs,” Cohen wrote. “[We] must increase revenue, reduce costs, and utilize our resources wisely and responsibly.”
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