NJTank Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 What major Division 1-A Football Program was once given the death penalty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffles Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Southern Methodist U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaolinaJoe Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Right after Eric Dickerson left wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclopsis Joe Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Could I possibly get the story as to why a team got the death penalty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yh Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Blatant and widespread gifts of cash and other valuables to players and the university's indifference, if not outright sanctioning of such activity was the main reason. I went to college with a girl who worked for one of the boosters who was implicated in the scandal (and, interestingly enough, a similar scandal with the TCU football program as well). The guy ran a pizza place - the players had a special "hotline" number that they would call to place their pizza order. Only certain employees were allowed to answer that line and when they did, they would be the ones to package the pizzas for pickup - and tape an envelope of cash inside each pizza box. That was apparently among the tamer violations - and there were many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 and they havent recovered since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 SMU is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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