Morehouse, a Division II soccer program, allowed two professional players who at the time were under contract with the Atlanta Ruckus, a member of the United Soccer League’s A-League (basically a minor league for the USL), to play for two years without having to adhere to admissions or eligibility requirements.
The Morehouse death sentence is the longest suspension of any college sports program. The NCAA accepted the Atlanta school’s self-imposed disbanding of the program and added two years to it. The entire probationary period lasted five years.
The team’s volunteer and parttime head coach, Augustine Konneh, who was on the faculty, was barred from taking part in any athletic organization at the school for the duration of probation.
