The far more clickable headline would be that Panthers receiver and 2025 NFL offensive rookie of the year Tetairoa McMillan was a no-show for a youth football camp on Wednesday, July 1. But it seems at this point to be not a McMillan problem but an issue created by FlexWork Sports Management, which handled (or, more accurately, mishandled) the event.
Via the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen Times, parents and kids showed up for the camp at Reynolds High School on July 1. No one else did.
Per the Times, several parents who had paid for the camp said they received emails transferring their registrations to a camp featuring Panthers receiver Xavier Leggette in Charlotte on May 17. They claimed, however, that some of the emails arrived after May 17 — without a corresponding retrofitted DeLorean capable of doing some serious shit when it hits 88 miles per hour.
Other parents told the Times they didn’t receive any email about the change.
The Times reports that FlexWork “advertised the camp and was supposed to host it,” and “did not respond to multiple requests for comment.”
A McMillan rep told the Times that the camp had been canceled in February, and that he had not been part of the planning of the event. (It’s unclear whether McMillan ever committed to doing the camp.)
FlexWork, per the Times, promoted the camp in a Facebook post on October 19, 2025, explaining that boys and girls from six to 16 could “[l]earn skills from Tetairoa” and “[g]et a pic with the star” and “get swag.” The cost was roughly $100, those who attended the camp that didn’t happen told the Times.
Beyond the snafu regarding FlexWork and McMillan, Reynolds coach Chandler Greer said the school tried to contact FlexWork but received no response. The school apparently attempted to inform FlexWork that the field wouldn’t be available for use that day.
Obviously, the folks who signed up for the camp should get full refunds. If FlexWork isn’t going to respond to media efforts to address the situation, someone in North Carolina with legal authority to get their attention — and to sanction them accordingly — should. A lawsuit also may be in order.
As to McMillan and any other players who are contacted by a third party to conduct an offseason youth camp, be careful who you deal with. Even if it’s not your fault when the whole thing goes sideways, you’ll get dragged into the mess.
In this case, McMillan may want to consider legal action of his own against FlexWork. It’s his name that will be dragged through the mud over this, even if he had no responsibility for what transpired.
