The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has imposed a one-year delay of a law that gives college athletes the right to market their names and likenesses. It was slipped into a bill that also included a controversial transgender athlete ban that won approval Wednesday night.
The surprise delay gave the NCAA a victory at the same time the Legislature passed the transgender ban it opposed.
“Are we serious right now??” former UCF and current Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton wrote on Twitter, highlighting the section of the bill that crossed off “2021″ and replaced it with “2022.” “That little black line in a bill with more than 70 pages to continue to screw all these athletes?