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SMU’s Prolonged NCAA Execution
3 years ago - Dec 08, 2021, 1:55 PM
In 1987, the Southern Methodist University football team received the NCAA’s death penalty, banned from competitive play for a full season. Suspending a program—dubbed the “death penalty”—is the harshest punishment the NCAA can give, and in SMU’s case, the ban came with additional sanctions related to recruiting, scholarships and televised games. The program’s suspension stemmed […]