Mike Norvell gets raise, 3-year extension from Florida State Ex-Ohio State football players acquitted of rape, kidnapping SEC divides $721.8M in total revenue among schools

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Florida State football coach. Mike Norvellwhose team ended last season on a six-game winning streak was rewarded with a three-year contract extension that will net him an average of $8.05 million a year through 2029.

The school released the contract on Wednesday. It will pay Norvell $5.6M in 2023, $7.6M in 2024, $7.8M in 2025, $8.1M in 2026, $8.3M in 2027, 8. $6 million in 2028 and $8.8 million in 2029. He also receives a $250,000 bonus if he is still working. every December 31st.

Norvell made $4.5 million last year and was expected to make $7.25 million in the final year of his previous deal.

This is the second extension for Norvell, who was hired after the 2019 season. The Seminoles added a year to his contract after the 2021 season. FSU finished 10-3 last season and was ranked 11th in the final AP American Football Poll.

The Seminole defeated Florida State and Miami to score at least 45 points against both state opponents in the same season for the first time. FSU was also the only team to lead the conference in both all-out offense and all-out defense. Along with Southeastern Conference heavyweights Alabama and Georgia, the former Soviet Union was one of three teams to make the top 15 in yards per game on both sides of the ball.

“Coach Norvell has restored a culture that the entire Seminole family can appreciate,” Athletic Director Michael Alford said in a statement. “We are proud of how Coach Norvell, his staff and his team represent Florida State University on and off the field.”

The Seminoles are likely to be the fashion choice at the Atlantic Coast Conference next fall. Jordan Travisoutstanding defensive end Jared Verselead rusher Trey Benson and lead wide receiver Johnny Wilson return for another season in Tallahassee.

“I’m grateful that our administration continues to trust me as the head of Florida’s football program,” said Norvell. “President Richard McCullough, the Board of Trustees and Michael Alford have been instrumental in our success and our agreement makes me look forward to the future of this program.

“I appreciate their support and vision to continue our rise to the top of college football. I am also grateful to the people who brought me and my family here three years ago, and to the players and staff whose dedication helped us build this foundation. There’s a bright future here in Tallahassee.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Two former Ohio State football players were acquitted Thursday on charges of rape and kidnapping resulting from sexual contact with a woman in an apartment shared by the two players.

Amir Rip And Yasen Screw embraced, and both cried after the announcement of the jury’s verdict. Their lawyers argued in court that the woman had consensual sex with both men, but later regretted it. They also accused the victim’s father of pushing her and the authorities to initiate criminal cases.

Franklin County Assistant Attorney Daniel Meyer said the woman came to the apartment expecting to chat with Rip, but was brutally raped by two men.

The jury deliberated for less than four hours between Wednesday and Thursday mornings before finding Rip and Wint not guilty of two counts of rape and kidnapping. Each man could face more than 30 years in prison and registration as sex offenders if found guilty.

Two players were removed from the team in February 2020 after being arrested.

The woman told police that she was having consensual sex with Rip before Wint entered the room, and both forced her to have sex. After a few minutes they stopped and Rip recorded the woman agreeing that the sex was consensual.

Rip and Lloyd McFarquhar, another former Ohio State football player, both testified Wednesday that the players were ordered to obtain evidence that their sexual partners agreed to defend themselves from prosecution.

The Southeastern Conference says it distributed an average of $49.9 million to its 14 member schools in the fiscal year ending last August.

commissioner Greg Sankey said on Thursday that the league has shared $721.8 million of total revenue among its members. This includes $698.5 million distributed by the league office and $23.3 million left by schools for travel and other bowl-related expenses. The amounts refer to fiscal year 2021-22, which ended August 31.

In the previous fiscal year, the SEC distributed $764.4 million in total revenue, or about $54.6 million, to each school.

The distribution total includes income generated from television deals, bowl games, college football playoffs, the SEC football championship, the SEC men’s basketball tournament, NCAA championships, and additional surplus distributions.

It does not include an additional $8.1 million in NCAA and SEC grants divided among 14 schools.