Word: berst
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...penalties could have been worse. The Kansas football program was put on probation from 1983 to '85. When a school is guilty of two violations within five years, the N.C.A.A. can invoke the death penalty. "Kansas was on the bubble," commented David Berst, N.C.A.A. director of enforcement, "but no severe violations involved any of the players on the team." Kansas athletic director Robert Frederick said the school will not appeal the probation, which will subject recruiting to rigorous scrutiny...
...David Berst, NCAA assistant executive director for enforcement, confirmed that no players from last season's championship squad were involved in any violations...
...Berst claims that the punishment was "as lenient as the committee could make it," the Associated Press reported. The defending national champions almost had their program shut down for the entire 1988-89 season...