Who knew McKenzie Milton was moving up to Tallassee to become an influential political lobbyist who successfully persuades and pressures our state lawmakers?
Milton, the beloved former UCF quarterback who transferred to Florida State a few months ago to compete for the Seminoles’ starting quarterback job, was the most powerful voice of all in convincing state politicians to reverse course and reinstate July as the start date for allowing college athletes to make endorsement money on their name, image and likeness (NIL).
The 11th-hour move in the State Legislature came Friday when Republican lawmakers acquiesced to intense backlash from Milton, Miami quarterback D’Eriq King and Florida’s top college football coaches after the senate passed a charter school bill last Wednesday.