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Florida State says penalty is unfair

Associated Press

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State says it's unfair to take wins off the individual records of football coach Bobby Bowden and other coaches and athletes who had no role in an academic cheating scandal. In an appeal to the NCAA on Wednesday, the university argued that a proposal to strip the school, its coaches and athletes of victories in several sports is too harsh and should be reversed. If not, the penalty would cost Bowden up to 14 wins. Taking that many victories off his personal record ...

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