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Hearing For FSU Is Oct. 18

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By SCOTT CARTER | The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 2, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida State has received written notification that a tentative hearing before the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions is scheduled for Oct. 18 in Indianapolis.

The hearing is to address the academic misconduct scandal that involved more than 50 athletes and made national headlines last fall. The football program was hit hardest, with more than 20 players implicated in the probe.

According to Coach Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles will open the season without at least six starters for the first three games and possibly without as many as 10 players on the two-deep roster.

FSU president T.K. Wetherell, who requested the Oct. 18 date in a letter to the NCAA on June 19, received a response from the Shepard C. Cooper, director of the infractions committee, on Tuesday notifying the school of the hearing. The meeting will take place before at least four members of the 10-member infractions committee.

Former Miami athletic director Paul Dee, who retired last month but plans to remain involved with the NCAA, is one of the committee members.

Wetherell, athletic director Randy Spetman, compliance director Brian Battle, and possibly Bowden are expected to attend the hearing. FSU plays at N.C. State on Oct. 16 and is open the weekend of the hearing.

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