Florida was set to be among the first states to allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. But now they've run into a potential one-year delay.
Driving the news: Florida's NIL bill was set to take effect on July 1, 2021, but Sen. Travis Hutson (R) added a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill on Wednesday that would push NIL back to July 1, 2022.
English soccer is planning a social media blackout this weekend to protest the online bullying of its athletes and analysts.
Why it matters: This is the "most direct effort yet by a sport to pressure social media companies like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to take action against online abuse," per the New York Times.
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