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If the worst of the allegations are true - from the money and other gifts to the prostitution to providing for an abortion - then it's time to shut down the University of Miami football program.
Otherwise, why should the NCAA ever consider the so-called "death penalty" an option?
That was the ruling that wiped out football at SMU in 1987. The school chose not to return until 1989 and only recently has regained any semblance of respectability. It's a primary reason the NCAA hasn't levied the same punishment on any big-time program since then.
But so what? If the shoe fits at UM and an exhaustive investigation by Yahoo! Sports suggests it might.
It's true that the report's main source is a jilted sycophant named Nevin Shapiro, a former 'Canes booster now in prison for masterminding a huge Ponzi scheme. He says he used his stolen loot to lavish gifts...
The scandals rocking intercollegiate sports in the past few months apparently were just the warm-up acts. We give you now the main event. The University of Miami has taken the stage to show 'em how it's done. Ohio State? You'd... more »
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