re: "LSU can't compete with _______ in NIL" is a false narrative.

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While we may not have enough to go dollar for dollar with the University of Texas or Miami,

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I think a big part of NIL that seems to get overlooked is “will.” Texas and Miami and storied programs whose big money boosters remember them winning NCs and likely how awesome that was for them, and they’re desperate to recapture it.

But we’ve won 2 NCs and played for another since Texas won in ‘05. Won 3 and played for a 4th since Miami last won in ‘01. We’ve had recent success and while we want to keep it going, simply aren’t as desperate as some of those schools and don’t have the will to go dollar for dollar with them, even if we could.

I’ve used the term “thirsty” to describe how I see part of this. Miami is thirsty to get back to winning NCs, so they’re more willing to throw crazy money right now. But either that thirst will get quenched by a championship or 2, or they’ll just get tired of paying high schoolers multi million dollars to finish 9-3 every year.