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The Seminoles also must disassociate from their
NIL collective, known as Rising Spear, for a year, and an
unnamed booster can't have contact with the program for three
years.
In addition, an unnamed Florida State assistant coach was
suspended for three regular-season games and handed a two-year
show cause order. According to Yahoo Sports, the coach involved
is offensive coordinator Alex Atkins.
The sanctions are the first handed out in relation to the
two-plus years since NIL benefits became permissible.
According to the NCAA, the unnamed coach transported a player in
the transfer portal, who was considering moving to Florida
State, to a spring 2022 meeting with the head of booster who was
the chief executive officer of Rising Spear. The booster offered
the player around $15,000 per month if he were to enroll at
Florida State. The player eventually decided to stay at his
previous school.
The assistant coach was only partially truthful in his
explanation of the events during an investigation by the
school's enforcement office, the NCAA ruled.
The NCAA's penalties also include:
--A $5,000 fine in addition to 1 percent of the school's
football budget.
--A 5 percent reduction in football scholarships over the
two-year probationary period, which will equate to five
scholarships.
--Seven fewer official (paid) visits will be allowed in 2023-24,
and six unused official visits from the 2022-23 school year
won't be permitted to roll over.
--Football recruiting communications will be cut by six weeks
during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years.
--In-person recruiting days will be limited during the 2023-24
school year.
Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell was not implicated in any
wrongdoing.
--Field Level Media
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