It has been the big topic of these first days of May: the Jordan Addison controversy at USC.
It is worth noting that since this story broke in late April, the initial rumors of an NIL deal being signed, sealed and delivered — with Addison going to USC being a formality — have turned out to be false. The idea that Addison was a lock to become a Trojan because he couldn’t resist Lincoln Riley and the school’s money was just not substantiated.
The rush to paint Lincoln Riley as the villain, and USC as a problem in the world of NIL and pay-for-play, was not justified, even though it was emotionally understandable.
We recorded a podcast on Jordan Addison a few days ago. It’s now uploaded and ready for you. Not too much has happened in this story since the day we actually recorded the episode, so it is still fresh and entirely relevant. The discussion about how to police the portal is still worth having.
Ian Hest, in addition to being the co-host, produced the show:
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