Why was Marshall kicked out of the MAC conference? What was the extent of their cheating? What would make a conference exile one of their own members and not defend and support them? How low did Marshall go? Someone please fill me in on the details. I know why they were placed on probation the last time: Paying players and academic fraud. I defended the academic fraud as it pertained to the football team. Their entire college is an academic fraud and the football program shouldn't have had to take the fall for that. But, I can't recall the time they cheated and were shown the door of their own conference?