Sherwood Blount is featured on the SMU football scandal Wikipedia page.
He is an American businessman, real estate developer, and former football player. However, Blount is actually popular for not so good reasons.
Many people remember Sherwood Blount as the key booster that led to the death penalty of SMU football in 1987. To this day, the SMU football team has not fully recovered from the aftermath of the punishment.
Apparently, the NCAA investigation found that a booster had paid a certain stipend to the players. This was only a glimpse of the other violations the Mustangs had committed in the past few years.
One of the main boosters was revealed as Sherwood Blount. When confronted by NCAA, Blount allegedly replied, “I can damn well spend my money any way I damn well please”.
Eventually, NCAA barred The Mustangs from playing any games in a respective season. Likewise, all of the players were granted release from SMU.
