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No Surprises For FSU In NCAA's Notice Of Allegations

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By STEVE ELLIS

Tallahassee Democrat

Published: September 12, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Florida State University's release of the NCAA's notice of allegations reveals no new charges regarding an academic misconduct case that involves 61 student-athletes.

"We are pleased that the NCAA found no new allegations after completing its on-campus investigation," university President T.K. Wetherell said in a statement released by the university. "We believe that ours was a thorough and exhaustive inquiry, including extensive examinations of our computer records and files to search for any evidence of impropriety regarding NCAA or university rules."

Today, the university released a number of documents, including an 80-page response to the notice of allegations that was delivered to FSU in June. Those allegations do not differ significantly from FSU's initial self-report to the NCAA in February.

In FSU's latest response, the university reported to the NCAA: "There is no evidence that the university's coaches were involved in any aspect of the NCAA violations."

FSU's recommendations for penalties include scholarship cuts in 10 sports; the university did not specify how many scholarships (or for how many years) it would lose as a result of the penalty.

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