USC athletic director Lynn Swann was among more than a dozen sports and entertainment celebrities who appeared Saturday at a memorabilia show held in the suburbs of the nation’s capital, signing autographs for money.
Show attendee Denny Shaffer, a 40-year-old truck driver and Steelers fan from Chambersburg, Pa., said he had been attempting to obtain Swann’s autograph for nine years. An online search indicates that Swann’s last public autograph signing took place at a 2014 show in Chicago.
Swann also signed his name to cover letters that were attached to 21,000 letters sent to the FCC urging it to keep the rule. The Journal later determined that many of those letters — purportedly from concerned citizens, but signed by the likes of “Bilbo Baggins,” “Swim Shady,” and “Sonny Hedgehog” — were fake.Ellison, the former USC player, said Swann exercised poor judgment by attending the show.
“With all of the issues going on right now, why would anybody support this brand or donate money to this school or send their child to this school? If you’re Lynn Swann, how does [going to an autograph show] gain additional credibility for USC?” The school’s flagship football program won the Rose Bowl in 2016 and a Pac-12 Conference title in 2017, but last season failed to live up to a No. 15 preseason ranking by the Associated Press and finished 5-7, its first losing record in 18 years.
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