FSU asks NCAA to reduce, rescind penalties imposed on football program

Florida State has asked the NCAA to reduce and rescind penalties imposed on its football program for name, image and likeness-related recruiting violations after the sanctioning body halted investigations into booster-backed collectives.

FSU’s legal counsel sent a three-page letter to Kay Norton, chairperson of the Division I Committee on Infractions, and requested the committee amend its decision. The letter, dated April 24 and shared with The Associated Press on Friday, referred to name, image and likeness-related cases involving Tennessee and Florida.

“The university is now disadvantaged by its cooperations and affirmative steps to expedite resolution of the case,” the letter read. “Similar or more egregious violations involving prospective student-athletes and other institutions’ collectives/boosters occurred during the same time period as the violations in the FSU case and some of those violations were being actively investigated and processed.