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Letters: Let Spurrier take over as USC president

Then-South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier heads onto the field for the Gamecocks game against Kentucky at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 12.
Then-South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier heads onto the field for the Gamecocks game against Kentucky at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 12. gmelendez@thestate.com

I offer a modest proposal to the USC Board of Trustees that should please almost everyone: Appoint Steve Spurrier president and let him live free in the President’s House on the Horseshoe, in addition to earning his controversial $1.3 million, in exchange for raising money for academic scholarships for the poor and needy students who are not NCAA-level athletes. Send Harris Pastides packing so that he can fulfill his first love: serving on the NCAA Division 1 Board of Directors and NCAA Steering Committee Studying Autonomy.

George L. Geckle III

Columbia

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