The legislature will debate whether or not college athletes should be able to profit off of their likeness while enrolled at Louisiana schools, legislation similar to a recently passed California bill. Marrero Republican Patrick Connick filed the Senate bill and says it would open up the opportunity for athletes to sell merch.
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If passed, the proposal would go into effect January 1, 2023. Just a few years ago, the NCAA exceeded one-billion dollars in revenues, but the association does not allow college athletes to receive money for what they do on the field or court.
LSU Ag Center Entomologist Doctor Sebe Brown warns the two back to back warm winters we’ve seen will result in a wave of stinkbugs that could muck things up for Bayou State farmers…
Twenty-one people have applied to be the state’s next education superintendent. Jefferson Parish school superintendent Cade Brumley and Central Louisiana Technical Community College Vice-Chancellor Heather Poole are among the local candidates. Council for a Better Louisiana President Barry Erwin says there’s also several out of state candidates as well
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will meet in April to make a selection.
LSU-Shreveport Poli Sci Professor Jeff Sadow says polls show the democratic primary could be all but over by the time Louisianans vote on April 4th. Louisiana usually holds it’s primary the weekend after Super Tuesday, but Sadow says we got kicked back about a month because other local elections on the ballot could lead to an inconvenient time for potential run-offs.