"We called him the dean of death penalty scholarship," said Michael Radelet, a death penalty expert at the University of Colorado who began working with Professor Bedau in the 1980s.
Scholarships, Scholarship, Scholarships.
Last month, U.S.C. was hit with a two-year bowl ban, four years' probation and loss of scholarships among other penalties for improper benefits involving the former Trojans running back Reggie Bush.
The penalties included scholarship reduction, a two-year ban on playing in bowl games and no television appearances for one year — punishment that James and some others at the university viewed as too severe.
Judge Yvette Kane's decision put an early end to the antitrust lawsuit Gov. Tom Corbett filed in January in which he sought to overturn a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl ban, scholarship limits and other penalties.
The final tally of N.C.A.A. penalties included scholarship reductions for four years, a two-year postseason ban, four years' probation for the program, and Webber and three other Michigan players being unable to associate with the program until 2013.
The N.C.A.A. placed St. Mary's on four years of probation for a "failure to monitor its men's basketball program," reducing scholarships and placing other penalties on the team after it committed several recruiting violations.
The Owls lost two football scholarships because of historical penalties, but Temple Athletic Director Bill Bradshaw said he was braced for their academic turnaround to become a feel-good story.
An N.C.A.A.-imposed scholarship reduction, another of the penalties for program violations, is costing Kiffin 10 scholarship players a season through 2014.
J. Mayo mess," as Haden described it, led to Floyd's resignation and penalties that included scholarship cuts and a postseason ban.
