Six former Florida State Men's Basketball student-athletes have sued HC Leonard Hamilton over unpaid NIL compensation, with Hamilton allegedly promising each plaintiff $250K from his "business partners." The issue of payment came to a head in February when players walked out of practice prior to the Seminoles' game with Duke with the student-athletes planning to boycott the game, prior to Hamilton persuading the team to competed as he "re-emphasized that the money would be in the players’ accounts the very next week." More from the suit: “Every player on the 2023-24 FSU men’s basketball team roster relied on the promises that Hamilton made when they either decided to transfer to FSU or remain enrolled at FSU and play out the season. However, as the season continued, many players, including the plaintiffs, became very frustrated by the continuous failure to perform on the myriad of promises issued by Hamilton.” Plaintiffs' attorney Darren Heitner tells Yahoo's Ross Dellenger: “It is vitally important to hold people accountable to the promises they make. This is a situation where the entire roster relied on Coach Hamilton’s promise and he failed to deliver. This is about holding him accountable and hopefully this prevents this from happening again at FSU or elsewhere.” More. (link)