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On first blush, it seems to me that nobody could reasonably believe that the parents of an adult child can enter into an agreement promising that their child, who would be barred from entering into any agreement regarding future representation due to NCAA rules, would in the future make such an agreement based on the parent's representation that he would.

That does not seem to be reasonable reliance on a promise of future performance by someone not a party to that agreement.

I think these numbnuts invested money hoping that that investment would lead to their being able to represent Reggie Bush, but I think that is all they had was an investment and no enforceable promise.