An NCAA committee agreed to postpone action...

An NCAA committee agreed to postpone action on SMU’s appeal of last year’s restrictions on football scholarships after the school asked for a delay, saying any action now could be embarrassing.

SMU said faculty representative Lonnie Kliever asked the panel to “postpone action on the appeal until the current charges of continuing violations of NCAA regulations in the SMU football program are fully investigated and finally resolved.”

Kliever said the appeal still deserves consideration on its own merits. “However, in the present climate of serious allegations about the integrity of the SMU football program, the institution would be further embarrassed to pursue the appeal at this time.”

Last week, former SMU linebacker David Stanley said in a television interview that he received $25,000 to play for the Mustangs when he entered school in 1983 and continued getting monthly payments of $750 even after the school was placed on probation last year.