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In November 1999, twelve years after SMU's death penalty, The Dallas Morning News reported on possible academic fraud involving SMU football. Former SMU player Corlin Donaldson alleged that defensive line coach Steve Malin paid another person $100 to take Donaldson's ACT exam in 1998 so that Donaldson's score would appear high enough to qualify ...
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.
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.
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 1986.
Robert Gerald Turner (born November 25, 1945) is the President of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.One of the most highly-compensated university presidents in the United States, [1] Turner has been described as a "transformational" [2] figure who helped rehabilitate SMU's national reputation following the infamous 1980s football scandal and NCAA death penalty.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American football player and broadcaster (born 1961) American football player Craig James James (right) playing for the Patriots in 1985 No. 32 Position: Running back Personal information Born: (1961-01-02) January 2, 1961 (age 64) Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m ...
The most egregious violation was a slush fund to attract players to play for the SMU football team. The repeated violations resulted in the football program ultimately receiving the death penalty, with the NCAA's infractions committee voting unanimously to cancel the Mustangs' 1987 season and the team's four scheduled home games in 1988. [1] [2]
The 1982 SMU Mustangs football team represented the Southern Methodist University in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first year for the team under head coach Bobby Collins and the Mustangs finished undefeated at 11–0–1, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and were Southwest Conference champions (7–0–1).