BATON ROUGE - A legislative task force made up of athletics leaders from across the state, student-athletes and high school coaches met Tuesday to try to get ahead of future name, image and likeness issues.

Nearly every university in the state had a seat at the table Tuesday. The goal was to pinpoint challenges for student-athletes signing NIL deals. These deals allow student-athletes to make money off of their name, image and likeness.

Rep. Rashid Young, a former student-athlete, is now an advocate for them.

"At this point, my passion really is about protecting students and making sure they have opportunities to grow beyond the classroom," Young said.

Today's high school student-athletes live in a world that didn't exist when Young was in college.

Michael Victorian, an attorney, help

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