UNION NEEDS MORE TIME TO PREPARE HIS CASE, SO IT'S UNLIKELY THE APPEAL WOULD BE HEARD TODAY. HIS COLLISION BROKE THE LEG OF METS SHORTSTOP, RUBEN TEJADA. IN THREES TONIGHT. RICK: THE USC FOOTBALL TEAM IS IN TURMOIL NOW WITH HEAD COACH STEVE SARKISIAN SIDELINED WITH AN AN INDEFINITE LEAVE OF ABSENCE DURING CBS2'S KARA FINNSTROM IS LIVE AT USC WITH REACTION TO THE DECISION. REPORTER: THERE IS NO SCHEDULED PRACTICE HERE ON CAMPUS TODAY, BUT WE DID CATCH UP AND SPEAK WITH ONE FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA AND HE SAID THE TEAM IS TRYING TO STAY FOCUSED AND THEY ARE COMING OFF OF A ROUGH LOSS AND GETTING READY TO PLAY RIVAL NOTRE DAME. IF HE CAN GET HIMSELF SOME HELP IN FIGURE HIS LIFE OUT, I THINK THAT IS THE THING PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT FIRST FOR BACK. REPORTER: ANOTHER STUDENT ATHLETES TOLD US THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF FOOTBALL COACH, STEVE SARKISIAN. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR PAT HADEN ANNOUNCED A GRID ARDENT SHAKEUP YESTERDAY AFTER STEVE SARKISIAN FAILED TO SHOW UP AT A PRACTICE. I CALLED STEPHEN TALK TO HIM AND IT WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT HE IS NOT HEALTHY. I ASKED HIM TO TAKE AN INDEFINITE LEAVE OF ABSENCE. REPORTER: OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR IS THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO HATING AND HE WILL FILL IN FOR NOW. MULTIPLE SOURCES TOLD THE DAILY NEWS STEVE SARKISIAN HAD GONE TO A PRE-PRACTICE MEETING SPELLING OF ALCOHOL AND BACK IN AUGUST, HE HAD STERN WORDS WHEN VIDEO SURFACED OF STEVE SARKISIAN AT PEP RALLY CURSING AND SWEARING HIS WORDS. IT READY TO [BLEEP] RIDE ON. REPORTER: STEVE SARKISIAN QUICKLY ADMITTED HE HAD MIXED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WITH ALCOHOL AND SAID HE WOULD UNDERGO UNSPECIFIED TREATMENT. THE WAY I ACTED WAS IRRESPONSIBLE. REPORTER: SINCE THEN SEVERAL OTHER ALLEGATIONS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ABOUT HIS ALCOHOL USE. DAYLIGHT TIMES SAYS IT CONDUCTED A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS AS ADJUSTING ALCOHOL USE WAS AN ISSUE BACK WHEN STEVE SARKISIAN LED THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S FOOTBALL PROGRAM HERE NOW SOME ARE QUESTIONING WHY ACTION WASN'T TAKEN SOONER. THERE WERE A LOT OF PLAYERS ON THE TEAM WHO WERE STARTING TO EXPRESS CONCERN BECAUSE THEY STARTED TO SEE TAIL PALE SIGNS OF A COACH THAT WAS NOT HIMSELF. THOSE THAT WANT TO COME TO USC, THEY DON'T WANT TO COME WHEN A COACH COMES TO PRACTICE, I DON'T KNOW EXTRA HAPPY. REPORTER: IN FACT, ONE FIVE-STAR