FSU, NCAA to pay legal fees in scandal
July 30, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)—Florida State and the NCAA are paying $325,000 in legalfees to compensate the attorneys of news media companies that sued to force therelease of documents in the Seminoles’ academic cheating scandal.
The records were part of an NCAA investigation that eventually implicated 61athletes and stripped the school of victories in 10 men’s and women’s sports.
Florida state and the NCAA tried to block the release in a series ofappeals. But the Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decisiondetermining the records were public and refused in May to reconsider the case.
Under the agreement filed Friday in court, the school will pay $65,000 andthe NCAA will transfer $260,000 to the attorneys who represented more than 20outlets, including The Associated Press.
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