The head coach of MacMurray's tennis team and his father set up a scholarship fund and doled out $162,000 to 10 student athletes over the course of four years. Division III athletic programs, such as MacMurray's, are not allowed to offer scholarships under NCAA rules.
MacMurray men’s tennis was banned from competition for two years. The head coach – who at one point during an NCAA hearing referred to the rules as a “joke” and was fired as a result of his violations – was warned that “should he seek employment ... at an NCAA member institution during the next four years, both he and the hiring institution must appear before the Committee on Infractions to determine whether he may do so.” MacMurray College is in Jacksonville, Ill.
