FanHouse acquired the transcript from a printing service Wednesday morning. According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the document was dropped off by FSU employees earlier Wednesday.
FanHouse senior writer Jim Henry will have full analysis Wednesday evening.
The 695-page transcript is of testimony given Oct. 18 in Indianapolis, with Dennis Thomas presiding for the athletic organization. Florida State president T.K. Wetherell and Brenda Monk, the learning specialist at Florida State who was in charge of the tutoring program in which the infractions took place, testified for FSU.
Transcript Excerpt: Read Wetherell's opening statement
The NCAA lost twice in lower courts in an attempt to issue a redacted version of the transcript, but the documents have remained under seal while the suit, launched by 20 media organizations in June, progressed.
The NCAA filed notice to appeal to the Supreme Court of Florida Wednesday, despite the release of the transcripts at the center of the suit.
"The NCAA intends to seek all legal remedies associated with this case," NCAA spokesman Bob Williams said in a release. "We feel strongly that our private documents are not subject to public records laws. The enforcement process and indeed the normal course of our business relies on confidentiality to ensure compliance of NCAA rules, as directed by our membership."
But the first district court of Florida refused to certify the case for review by the state's Supreme Court, which will likely end litigation unless the high court believes the ruling conflicts previous jurisprudence in the state.
