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Message: [QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 318972, member: 469"] It was more musing on my part with the discussion of the death penalty possibly being invoked for PSU. The full death penalty was never given SMU but the sanctions given were "effective". And no recruits wanted anything to do with SMU and what it stood for long after 1987. Also this isn't just about underhanded deals with money, selling memorabilia, cheating on exams, etc. It's about a school who felt their football program and reputation were more important than protecting childrens lives. It can't get more slimy than that. [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][I]Editor's note: This story appeared on the front page of[/I] The Dallas Morning News [I]on Feb. 26, 1987[/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]The Southern Methodist University football program, the most punished in NCAA history, received the harshest sanctions ever – including suspension for the 1987 season – when the NCAA announced its precedent-setting decision Wednesday.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Citing penalties intended to "eliminate a program that was built on a legacy of wrongdoing, deceit and rule violations," the NCAA Committee on Infractions for the first time barred a school from playing football for an entire season. [B]The committee stopped short of delivering the full "death penalty," under which a program can be disbanded for as long as two seasons if found guilty of major violations twice in five years.[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]In addition to a ban on games, practice and scholarships for the 1987-88 academic year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association restricted SMU to seven games in 1988 – none of which may be considered a "home" game – and limited its scholarships, coaching positions and television and post-season appearances through the length of the probation, which expires Sept. 1, 1990.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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