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In early 1987, the NCAA investigated SMU's football program for these and other violations, and imposed what is referred to as the "death penalty"—banning a team from competition for a year or more. The severity of the sanctions the NCAA imposed in this case, while based on the number and seriousness of SMU's infractions, especially took into ...
In 1987, SMU became the first and only football program in collegiate athletic history to receive the "death penalty" for repeated serious violations of NCAA rules. The NCAA forced SMU to cancel its football program for the 1987 season because the university had been paying some of the players – approximately $61,000 was paid from 1985 until ...
The SMU case was the first modern "death penalty" – that is, the first one utilized under the "repeat violator" rule. It is the only modern death penalty handed down to a Division I school. SMU football had already been placed on three years' probation in 1985 for recruiting violations.
The wild spending of aggressive, wealthy SMU football boosters once killed the program — via an NCAA “death penalty.” That was the 1980s, when local businessmen kept buying talented recruits.
On April 11, 1987, SMU formally canceled the 1988 season, in effect, self-imposing a death penalty for a second football season. [ 6 ] The program was terminated for the 1987 season because the university was making approximately $61,000 in booster payments from 1985 to 1986.
SMU also submitted a report to the NCAA. [7] On December 13, 2000, the NCAA placed SMU on two years' probation and vacated ten games from SMU's 1998 season in which Donaldson played, which reduced SMU's record to 1–1 for 1998. [8] [9] SMU's 2005 media guide indicates that the NCAA vacated the first ten games of the 1998 season. [10]
From 1975 to 1981, Collins coached at Southern Miss, and compiled a 48–30–2 record. In 1982, he was hired by SMU, signing a five-year deal with more than $100,000 annual salary. While at SMU, Collins compiled a 43–14–1 record. His only losing season as a coach came in 1976, when he went 3–8 at Southern Miss. From 1982 to 1984, he put ...
Roderick Wayne Jones (born March 31, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round (25th overall) of the 1986 NFL draft. [1] A 1982 graduate of South Oak Cliff High School and former player for Southern Methodist ...