Luke is not pushing any kids from UM and he is not anti UM. His loyalty lies with those kids first and foremost. If he has to choose between one of his players and UM, he will always choose the player who signs with his wife's sports agency and rightfully so regardless of what criticism he receives from fans.
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I like to believe that Luke got into the youth football league originally to help the local kids and give them something positive to do in their free time.
However, once he saw that a lot of those kids grow up to be college and then pro athletes, the dollar signs started flashing in his head. His wife is an agent. He befriends kids at a young age (who all happen to be star athletes) with the goal of eventually steering them toward's his family's business.
and you know this how?
Do you personally know the players that have signed to his wife?
Is it preferable for these players to sign to a Drew Rosenhaus, an agent that has steered his past clients towards shady advisors, but not for the players to sign with someone who they have known for a majority of their lives?
You make no sense here. You are projecting what you believe to be the situation, because you do not know anything and have no evidence to support your theory.
But don't let that stop you from having an opinion.
So his wife just happened to become a sports agent and that had nothing whatsoever to do with Luke "mentoring" young athletes? It doesn't take a genius to see that 2+2=4. If he was just honest about it and said "I'm in it to make as much money off these kids as I possibly can." I'd at least respect his honesty. Instead he hides behind the facade of charity. How much time/money does Luke spend on poor kids who aren't star athletes? Has he invested in any non-sport youth programs? Doctors and lawyers don't need agents.
1) Kristin Campbell's area of specialty in law is contracts. Gasp, why would someone who is a contracts lawyer want to get into negotiating contracts for athletes? She must have sinister intentions.
No more sinister than Drew Rosenhaus or any other sports agent. I never said being an agent was wrong. If Luke wants to use his name and local connections to steer local talent to his wife, fine. Just be honest about it. Stop pretending it's charity, it's a business.
2) These players that have signed to her agency are players that have known the Campbell family for years, Luke has been married to this woman since 2008.
It's probably safe to say they knew each other before they got married. Even so, that was still nine years ago. Many NFL players were still kids or teens nine years ago.
3) You obviously do not know or want to know how Kristin has helped many of these players transition into the NFL.
I'm sure she's helped her clients transition just as any good agent would. It's in an agent's best interest to make sure his/her client not only makes it to the league but has as long of a career as possible. Once again. business.
Listen, you don't live nor have you ever been to one of these areas voluntarily, you have formed an opinion off of here say and supposition. You look foolish, especially when you are debating someone who has first hand knowledge of the situation.
