Death Penalty (NCAA)

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:

  1. The University of Kentucky basketball program for the 1952–53 season.
  2. The basketball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) for the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons.
  3. The Southern Methodist University football program for the 1987 and 1988 seasons.
  4. The Division II men's soccer program at Morehouse College for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
  5. 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

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