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Letters: We can’t let Spurrier go homeless

Former USC head football coach Steve Spurrier reflects on his resignation.
Former USC head football coach Steve Spurrier reflects on his resignation.

What is all this fuss about Steve Spurrier getting $1.3 million for doing nothing until the end of the year? It’s not as if he just quit his job.

Oh, wait: That’s just what he did.

Well, never mind; the poor fellow is obviously hard up for a dollar or two, and we would not like for him and his family to become homeless.

Wait: Perhaps he could go and stay with athletic director Ray Tanner or USC President Harris Pastides.

Paul Denman

Columbia

This story was originally published October 27, 2015 at 3:32 PM.

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