6 former Florida State basketball players sue legendary coach over unpaid NIL compensation

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A group of former Florida State Seminoles basketball players filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against their former coach, Leonard Hamilton, over unpaid promises of NIL compensation that reaches a whopping total of $1.5 million.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Leon County circuit court in Florida, has six former Seminoles claiming Hamilton, a 37-year head coach with a career at Oklahoma State and Miami before taking the Florida State job in 2002, promised each of them $250,000 in NIL payments through "business partners," per Yahoo Sports. 

The plaintiffs are Darin Green Jr., Josh Nickleberry, Primo Spears, Cam’Ron Fletcher, De’Ante Green and Jalen Warley. 

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Florida State Seminoles guard Primo Spears, #23, talks with Seminoles head coach Leonard Hamilton against the Virginia Tech Hokies in the second half at Capital One Arena. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)

However, the lawsuit stated the players never received payment despite Hamilton making public promises during two team meetings as well as individual conversations with some of the players and their respective families. 

In fact, some of the players transferred to the Seminoles program under the assurance they would be made NIL compensation. 

The lawsuit also provides text chains among players, as well as threads between players and Hamilton. Will Cowen, an executive with one of the NIL collectives Florida State has, is also in text chains with players. 

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What makes this lawsuit even more intriguing is that players claim they