July 1st, we didn't ask you can cross it off name, image, and lightning.

Hey everyone, welcome back to The Real Deal. We are so excited that you guys are tuning in today, and we have an exciting episode for you. I am really thrilled to introduce our guests today.

But first, before we get to our special guest,

for those of you who don't remember,

Mary Claire Logue on my staff is also here with us.

And she is going to be chiming in for today's special guests.

So getting to that, J.T. Barnett is on campus with us right now. We started working with J.T.

having conversations probably three months ago, was it? Three-ish months ago. Talking about content

creation because one of the biggest things that we talk about with NIL is branding and creating

a positive brand as a student athlete. And we thought there was no one better than to bring JT in to talk to our student athletes about that specific content creation, tips and tricks, you know, fun things that they can think about as they're getting into the space. So we're excited for you guys to hear a little bit more from JT today in this podcast setting. But first, JT, tell us a little bit about you. Give us your background.

Thank you for having me.

I'm grateful to be here, actually, on LSU's campus, which has been amazing.

Fully decked out in gear, by the way.

I'm fully decked out.

If you guys aren't watching this with video, please turn it on.

I look like a student athlete right now or an alumni.

It's been amazing.

And my background that I think is contextual for you guys, I was a professional athlete.

I played hockey.

I was five years pro.

And during that time period, I think what I was like really known for

in the world of hockey was being the guy that was a little bit outside of the norms of the sport

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