Trojans have followed a trial-and-error process<\/a>. Their temporary measures looked like school and unit budget restrictions. Things got so out of hand in Riley\u2019s squad that they thought of pausing the hiring. As Kim noted, \u201cThese external challenges come on top of a recurring, structural deficit in which the expenses generated by our operating model have significantly outpaced revenues for several years.\u201d But even then, Riley could not stop the Trojans from running into a deficit.<\/p>\nAs per the reports, they ended FY25 with a deficit of $200 million. It\u2019s a wake-up call for Riley as this deficit is more than what they endured in the last financial year, that is $158 million. And if we take into account both the years, it makes to $358 million deficit. So, after all this, Riley has become extra-cautious to ensure that they no longer have to run in deficit and sustain their future. As Kim noted, \u201cThe university has already taken numerous steps to address these financial challenges, including: a zero-merit increase for FY26, ending certain third-party services, and additional discretionary spending and travel controls.\u201d<\/p>\n
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On one hand, Lincoln Riley got to pull up the Trojans from the monetary abyss. While on the other hand, he got to deal with yet another hefty figure, $80 million buyout. Well, Bruce Feldman feels that it won\u2019t be an easy call<\/a> to make for the Trojans squad. On the CFB ON FOX podcast, the analyst shared, \u201cBut we\u2019re talking about a buyout that\u2019s going to be around $80 million, in that range. Are people going to step up to pay that kind of money?\u2026 The athletic department, I feel like, is in a big transition mode.\u201d Will the Trojans wait for Riley\u2019s rebuild to cash in, or will impatience cut the project short?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Looks like the future holds some great success for Lincoln Riley and the USC Trojans. As per On3\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1466,1457,1449,58317,6677,399,6026,15713,1459,58316,6030,6031,58314,398,396,397,2968,1465,1467,1463,58319,19106,2951,99,6041,58315,19109,58318,1464,1435,58320],"class_list":["post-83800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-1466","tag-am","tag-der","tag-dez","tag-ein","tag-football","tag-fusball","tag-gegen","tag-im","tag-kalifornien","tag-kopf","tag-kutsche","tag-mu0026ampt","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-npstrans","tag-nur","tag-quer","tag-redaktionelle","tag-rileys","tag-rueckrunde","tag-schussel","tag-sports","tag-stadion","tag-sudliches","tag-texanischen","tag-trojanischem","tag-verwendung","tag-x0x","tag-zweite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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