THIS
THIS STORY SENT SOME WAVES THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
HERE IS DALE HANSEN WI+@TH NUMB
THREE.
THREE.
THREE. >>
THREE. >> MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE CHANGED
>> MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE CHANGED@ IN JUNE 1986.
I GOT A PHONE CALL TELLING ME
SMU WAS PAYING THEIR FOOTBALL
PLAYERS DESPITE ALL OF THE NCAA
PENALTIES.
PENALTIES. SMU HAD GREAT FOOTBALL TEAMS
IN THE 1980s.
THAT PHONE CALL LED US TO A
FORMER LINEBACKER, DAVID
STANLEY, WHO SAID HE WAS BEING
PAID $750 A MONTH.
WE THEN CONFRONTED THE SMU
ATHLETIC OFFICIALS ABOUT THAT.
IT IS A MOMENT I'LL ALWAYS
REMEMBER+@ AS WELL AS I REMEMBE
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING.
ANYTHING. >> IS THAT YOUR LETTER.
>> THE ONE IN THE LEFT ADNAN
SYED.
SYED.
SYED. >>
SYED. >> THAT IS MINE, YES.
>> DID YOU WRITE IT?
>> LET ME GET MY GLASSES.
>>
>> NO,
>> NO, THAT'S -- THIS IS PRINTED.
PRINTED.
PRINTED. THIS SUSPECT PRINTED ON THERE
AND I DO NOT -- SEE THAT?
>> THERE WAS BIG ARGUMENT IN
THE NEWS ROOM AFTER THAT
INTERVIEW WAS OVER.
SOME W+@ANTED TO+@ RUN THE
INTE+@RVIEW THAT NIGHT. +@
+@
+@ I
+@ I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD NEARLY
+@ ENOUGH PROOF AND I CERTAINLY
DIDN'T WANT TO LET THE PUBLIC
DECIDE SO WE DIDN'T.
THEN INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCER AND
RE+@PORTER JOHN SPARKINGS DID
SOME INCREDIBLE WORK.
WE HAD DAVID STANLEY TAKE A LIE
DETECTOR TEST AND HE PASSED.
>> YOU HAVE NO DOUBT WITH THE
CONCLUSIONINGS BASED ON THE
QUESTIONING THAT DAVID AND DON
WERE TELLING TRUTH ABOUT THE
$25,000 CASH PAYMENT?
NO, I +@HAVE NO DOUBT.
>> WE HAD AN FB+@I HAND WRITING
EXPERT IN HOUSTON VERIFY THE
WRITING ON THE ENVELOPE+@ SENT
STANLEY.
STANLEY.
STANLEY. WE HAD AND INDEPENDENT LAW FIRM
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. VET THE
REPORTING.
REPORTING. IT WAS NECESSARY.
THEY CHECKED EVERYTHING.
UNTIL THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 12,
1986 WHEN THE SMU STORY RAN TO
CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY
PEOPLE INCLUDING ME.
>> THIS IS THE NEWS 8 UPDATE.
+@
>> THIS IS THE NEWS 8 UPDATE. CHANNEL 8 NEWS LEARNED THE NCAA
IS INVESTIGATING THE SMU
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. THE RESULTS OF THE PREP COULD
MEAN FURTHER SANCTIONS FOR THE
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. DALE IS HERE NOW WITH THIS
EXCLUSIVE REPORT.
EXCLUSIVE REPORT. >> JOHN, THE SMU FOOTBALL
PROGRAM IS IN THE SECOND YEAR
FOR VIOLATING NCAA RULES.
THREE WEEKS AGO WORLEY TALKED
TO FORMER LINEBACKER DAVID
STANLEY.
STANLEY.
STANLEY. HE IS SAYING S+@MU CONTINUED +
PAY HIM TO PLAY FOOTBALL AFTER
THE AUGUST 1985 SANCTIONS.
THEY DENY THE ALLEGATIONS.
IF THE NCAA DETERMINES WHAT HE
SAYS IS TRUE, THE PROGRAM
COULD BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER
SANCTIONS POSSIBLY INCLUDING
THE DEPTH PENALTY WHICH WOULD
ABOLISH THE SPORTS PROGRAM IF
THEY'RE FOUND GUILTY OF ANOTHER
VIOLATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
STANLEY TOLD THE STORY TO JOHN
SPARKS.
SPARKS.
SPARKS. >> I RECEIVED $25,000 TO ATTEND
SMU.
SMU.
SMU. >>
SMU. >> STANLEY SAYS IN ADDITION TO
@ THE $25,000 HE WAS PAID IN
FEBRUARY 1983, THE FORMER SMU
ASSISTANT COACH, LASH SON, PAID
HIM $400 +@A MONTH AND SENT HIS
MOTHER $350 CASH A MONTH.
LARSON LEFT SMU IN 1985.
HE SAID PARKER MAPPED MONTHLY
PAYMENTS TO HIM AND HIS MOTHER
UNTIL STANLEY DROPPED OUT OF
SCHOOL IN DECEMBER 1985.
LARSON WOULD +@NOT COMMENT OTHE
THAN TO SAY YOU'RE TAKING THE
WORD OF A KID.
PARKER DENIES THE CHARGE.
BOBBY COLLINS AND HITCH SAY
THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY
SUCH PAYMENTS.
SUCH PAYMENTS. >> I RECEIVEED THE TYPICAL
DEATH THREATS AFTER THAT STORY
AIRED AND A LAW FIRM THREAT+@EN
TO EXPOSE ME AS T+@HE MONEY GEY
IF I DIDN'T QUIT CHANNEL 8+@.
THERE WAS A BOX DELIVERED TO+@ @
OFFICE WITH A BIG BLACK BIRD
WITH A STRANGLED NECK WITH A
NOTE SAYING HANSEN, YOU'RE
NEXT.
NEXT.
NEXT. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED REPORTED THE
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. THEY SAID UNTIL THE SMU STORY
I WAS KNOWN AS JUST A WISE
CRACKING GOOF BALL.
THEY GOT THE +@LAST PART RIGHT.
I WAS.
I WAS.
I WAS. THIS M+@AY BE HARD FOR SOME
YOVANI YOU TO R+@EMEMBER OR
IMAGINE.
IMAGINE.
IMAGINE. I WAS YOUR TYPICAL SPORTSCASTER
UNTIL THAT STORY.
IT CHANGED ME AND I HAVE NEVER
LOOKED AT SPORTS THE SAME
WASHINESSES.
WASHINESSES. I HATED THAT STORY, EVERYTHING
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. I HOPED IT WASN'T TRUE, BUT THE
GREAT WORK OF JOHN AND MIKE AND
OTHERS PROVED THAT IT WAS.
SMU RECEIVEED THE TOUGHEST
PENALTY EVER GIVEN A PROGRAM.
THE NCAA ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING
NO FOOTBALL IN 1987, SEVEN ROAD
GAMES IN 1988, NO SCHOLARSHIPS
AND T+@HEN ONLY 15.
>> I FIND NOT ONLY INSIDE THE
COMMUNITY WITH OUR FACULTY AND
STUDENTS AND I FIND OUTSIDE THE
IMMEDIATE UNIVERSE COMMUNITY,
OUTRAGE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED
+@
OUTRAGE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED +@AND THAT IT HAS CONTINUED SIN
TWO YEARS AGO.
+@
TWO YEARS AGO. >> I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. I
TOO. I DO
TOO. I DO WISH THAT SMU STORY
+@
I DO WISH THAT SMU STORY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE TOLD, BUT I'M
INC+@REDIT CARD PLY PROUD OF TH
FACT THAT WE WERE THE ONES