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Originally Posted by Northendzone
personally I see nothing wrong with these guys chasing down young athletes.
You would just hope that the agents are being truthful with the players and their families about how at this early age they are a long way from making any money from hockey.
I would hope that an agents role for kids this age is to talk to them about how the CHL draft works and what to expect if they make it to a CHL team as well as impressing on them how much work they need to put in to continue to stay ahead of their peer group.
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Isn't the problem that 12 year olds are not generally capable of taking such a reasoned approach to things as you just laid out? And while we would love to rely on parents to play that role, the reason we have so many laws to protect minors is that often they aren't acting in the best interest of the child either.