So what?

A private company deemed him worthy of $1.4MM which is now entirely legal. How can you compare that to some Ponzi scheme douche lord hiring prostitutes for 17 year olds?

Again- how is this different from a player being a star for Kentucky basketball and signing a million dollar shoe deal before playing a single minute for the Sacramento Kings? In both scenarios, a company has decided to gamble that an athlete with huge potential is worth striking a deal on the ground floor of their next level.

If it doesn’t work out and Ewers doesn’t pan out, I think the marketing company will be just fine, and no one will be harmed in the process.