Former USC football head coach Steve Sarkisian lost his $30 million battle with the university over wrongful termination, TMZ reported on Monday.
An arbitrator rejected Sarkisian’s claims that he was wrongfully fired because alcoholism is a recognized disability, siding with USC’s argument that they made efforts to help the coach, who denied having a problem.
As a result, the university owes him none of the $12.6 million still on his USC contract, nor the claimed damages which made the lawsuit worth $30 million.
Thus ends one of the more embarrassing sagas in USC football history.