European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 26, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports Mcaa axes sum Grid for 87 b Dunne h. Freeman Dallas a the Mcaa in us harshest Penally Ever against a football program banned the sport at Southern methodist University for 1987 because of illegal payments to players Mcaa officials announced wednesday. The Mcaa infractions committee also limited sum to seven games with outside Competition in 1988. None of which can he a Home game. The school will not be permitted to be on television or attend a bowl in me in 1988, sanctions against sum will last until 1990 and include reducing the number of assistant coaches from nine to sin Cul Ling the number of scholarships from 25 to 15 for three years and limiting off Campus recruiting to the head coach and four assistant coaches for three years. Sum was found guilty by the Mcaa infractions commit Lee of making monthly Cash payments 10 student ath letes from funds provided by a school Booster under the new death penalty Ruic adopted in june 198s. The Mustangs could have had their program completely shut Down for two years. The harshest Penally Ever handed out by the Mcaa was a two year suspension of the basketball program at Southwest Ern Louisiana from 1973 to 1975 for Vio lations most of them involving recruit ing the Mcaa s report on sum released wednesday said the present infractions Case docs present some unique circumstances that arguably Call Tor the committee to exercise its discretion to impose less than the mandatory penal ties sum officials had said they would no Appeal the decision no matter How harsh. No specific cases were named in then Caa report but it said 13 football players received payments in the 19b5 86 academic year totalling $47,000 and eight athletes got payments from sep tember through december 1986 thai lol l