Six former Florida State basketball players have sued Seminoles’ head coach Leonard Hamilton for missing NIL payments that total $250,000 per player.

Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger first reported the story, noting that the legal complaint (filed in Florida’s Leon County circuit court) states that Hamilton was being sued over unpaid promises of NIL compensation that total $1.5 million, and the former FSU players acknowledging hat they boycotted a practice last season over the missed NIL payments.

Darin Green Jr., Josh Nickelberry, Primo Spears, Cam’Ron Fletcher, De’Ante Green and Jalen Warley are the players who allege in a lawsuit that Hamilton promised them $250,000 in NIL money, which was never received. The former players included text message evidence of their conversations with Hamilton and Will Cowen, an executive of one of Florida State’s NIL collectives( which traditionally raises NIL money and oversees payments). The lawsuit states that Hamilton promised each player the funds from his “business partners.”

Florida State is off to a 9-4 start this season, starting ACC play 0-2 under Hamilton. None of the players pursuing legal action against Hamilton are still with the Seminoles.

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