Death Penalty (NCAA)
The death penalty is the popular term for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's power to ban a school from competing in a sport for at least one year. It is the harshest penalty that an NCAA member school can receive.
It has been implemented only five times:
- The University of Kentucky basketball program for the 1952–53 season.
- The basketball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) for the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons.
- The Southern Methodist University football program for the 1987 and 1988 seasons.
- The Division II men's soccer program at Morehouse College for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
- The Division III men's tennis program at MacMurray College for the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.
Read more about Death Penalty (NCAA): Current Criteria, University of Kentucky Basketball, 1952, University of Southwestern Louisiana Basketball, 1973, Southern Methodist University Football, 1986, Other Division I Schools With Serious Infractions
Famous quotes containing the words death and/or penalty:
“Cry woe, destruction, ruin, and decay:
The worst is death, and death will have his day.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)