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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.
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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. 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 ...
In 1987, the NCAA killed the Southern Methodist University football program. Literally, it received what was colloquially called the college sports governing body’s “ death penalty .”
[6] [8] [9] Because of repeated major violations, in 1987, the SMU Mustangs football program became only the third in NCAA history to receive the so-called "death penalty" (after Kentucky basketball in 1952–53 and Southwestern Louisiana basketball from 1973 to 1975). The NCAA canceled SMU's 1987 season, and limited it to seven road games for ...
However, after massive rules violations resulted in the NCAA handing down the "death penalty" in 1987, SMU officials decided to move football games back to a heavily renovated Ownby Stadium. From 1976 to 1979 the chief tenant at Ownby was the Dallas Tornado of the North American Soccer League.
The Fitzgeralds learned Tuesday night that the death penalty was off the table, according to a law firm representing the family, which released a statement on their behalf calling for the recall ...