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FSU Athletes Plagiarized, Received Preferential Treatment, According to NY Times

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According to a report by Mike McIntire of the New York Times released Friday, some Florida State football players are alleged to have plagiarized and received preferential treatment as part of an online class in 2013.

FSU went on to win the national championship that season, and several key players on that team took online hospitality courses on coffee, tea and wine run by Mark Bonn and assisted by Christina Suggs.

The since-deceased Suggs filed a complaint in 2013 saying Bonn pressured her to give Florida State football players passing grades, ignore plagiarism and extend deadlines despite other students not getting the same courtesy.