re: Do we have better NIL capabilities than people made it seem at first?

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This past summer, however, is when John Bel signed a new NIL into law that gave collectives more power and provided a significant loosening of the restrictions around NIL in the state. Shortly thereafter is when we started to get a string of commitments. Mickens, Jalen Brown, Womack, Kaleb Jackson, etc, all started committing within weeks of the new NIL law in Louisiana going into effect.

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This was critical. We didn’t have the strictest law on the books, but it did put us at a disadvantage compared to the SEC school we routinely fight for recruits. Other states like Florida also changed their laws earlier than LA did. But they got it done and you can see the difference it has made.