(01-11-2024 07:44 PM)CardinalJim Wrote:
Offensive coordinator Alex Atkins, is found to have committed two Level II violations, which include
impermissible recruiting activity and facilitating impermissible contact with an NIL-related booster. Atkins is alleged to have driven a prospect and his parents to a meeting with a leading member of the school’s NIL collective, Rising Spear.
During that meeting, according to the NCAA, the booster encouraged the prospect to enroll at Florida State and offered him an NIL opportunity with the collective worth approximately $15,000 per month during his first year at the school
Atkins will be suspended the first three games of the 2024 regular season and is given a
two-year show-cause. A show-cause requires schools who hire Atkins to explain the decision to NCAA officials. Atkins is expected to remain on FSU’s staff in his current role.
Other penalties, which were confirmed by the NCAA Thursday, include:
- two years of probation.
- scholarship reductions of 5% over the next two academic years.
- a reduction by seven in official recruiting visits for 2023-24.
- a prohibition on recruiting communication for six weeks over the next two academic years, including this next week (Jan. 12-18).
- a prohibition on communication with athletes in the transfer portal from April 15-21.
- a reduction by 18 evaluation days this spring.
- a financial penalty of 1% of the athletic department’s budget.
Link
https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-levies-sig...44903.html
