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Florida State football coach Mike Norvell meets with players to address text turmoil

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Florida State head coach Mike Norvell met with the football team and staff Thursday morning in the wake of the backlash over a mass text the coach sent to players that was revealed on social media.

An image of the message, identical to each player except for the name of the player at the beginning, shows exactly what Norvell said to his team about the racial injustice and inequality issues that the country has been battling the last few weeks.