re: Has NIL actually changed the landscape of recruiting or just revealed reality?

I think the biggest difference will be for the NCAA whipping boys like Ole Miss. In the past, whenever we've played the same game as Bama and Georgia and started to get some momentum, the NCAA has used us to make an example so they could pretend they had some integrity. Now that it's above board, you're going to see those programs making some moves they weren't allowed to make in the past.