No rush to deal with USC

USC presented a counterproposal to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission on Monday that offers to keep the Trojans football team at the stadium - but only if the panel is committed to making an estimated $50 million in improvements to the venue over four years. Daily News.

Also under the USC proposal, the university would take over operation of the stadium and make the upgrades itself if the commission failed to raise the money needed for the stadium improvements.

"With control comes responsibility and if we were in control, we would be responsible for the repair, maintenance and improvement," said Kristina Raspe, USC's associate senior vice president for real estate and asset management. "If they're going to be in control, they need to be responsible for those items."