600 ESPN EL PASO » booster http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:10:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Could University of Miami Face 'Death Penalty' Over Booster Scandal? http://krod.com/miami-death-penalty-scandal/ http://krod.com/miami-death-penalty-scandal/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:04:58 +0000 Danny Groner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=38407 The scandal involving University of Miami athletes who reportedly accepted gifts from boosters continues to unfold, with possible sanctions on the horizon. It’s quite possibly the “most egregious, widespread and long-lasting disregard for NCAA rules and regulations ever.”

NCAA president Mark Emmert is floating the idea — though he didn’t speak directly about Miami — of imposing the so-called ‘death penalty’ on the most blatant offenders. The death penalty means a school cannot compete in a specific sport for at least one year. Southern Methodist University became the first college football program to get the death penalty when it served a two-year ban during the 1980s. Miami could become the second.

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