Luck decides to stay at Stanford

[Deviant]

Andrew Luck to this thread:

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[packersfan4eva]

Luck is one of my favorite players. As a great high school QB, he picked Stanford over other schools because he could get a great education, even though their football team sucked.

Now, as likely the last #1 overall pick while they still get paid $60 million, he decides to stay at school to finish college.

 

[NAHSTE]

Been telling you guys this all season. It's not his fault that he was at the top of Mel and McShay's "big boards" all year, he never really wanted to leave. The only morons are the Carolina fans who assumed he was going pro.

Like has already been mentioned, his family is loaded. He's in no hurry to get to the NFL. Why not enjoy your life a bit longer and be the BMOC as long as you can?

 

[dave]

There may not even be an NFL season next year, so Luck stays active.

 

[FirstTimer]

In the chat box I said there was no problem banging a redhead as long as they aren't a ginger.
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I agree.

 

[Boucher]

 

[Sportsbuck]

Like has already been mentioned, his family is loaded. He's in no hurry to get to the NFL. Why not enjoy your life a bit longer and be the BMOC as long as you can?

Chance of injury, losing up to $40 million in guaranteed money, chance of stock falling... I don't care how loaded you are, $40 million is HUGE.

Kid made the right decision for him. He wanted his degree, and loved being a college student, can't say I blame him, this is the best time of my life, I can only imagine if I was the QB of a top 5 team and one of the top players in the country.

Wish he would've declared and been a Panther, but oh well. He's gonna be a great one wherever he goes, and one player that hasn't even played an NFL game won't make or break this franchise.

 

[NAHSTE]

Chance of injury, losing up to $40 million in guaranteed money, chance of stock falling... I don't care how loaded you are, $40 million is HUGE.

Kid made the right decision for him. He wanted his degree, and loved being a college student, can't say I blame him, this is the best time of my life, I can only imagine if I was the QB of a top 5 team and one of the top players in the country.

Wish he would've declared and been a Panther, but oh well. He's gonna be a great one wherever he goes, and one player that hasn't even played an NFL game won't make or break this franchise.

Meh, I'm sure he has a really high premium insurance policy already. Even if he has a career ending injury, he's probably insured for up to 5-10 million.

And yeah, college is the greatest time of your life. I thought I was doing the right thing by graduating on time, but looking back I kind of wish I would have done the Van Wilder thing.

 

[Fox1994]

Not in his position, or even a similar one, so it's hard to judge. Anyway, I think it'll work out. He's got two years left to do whatever he wants, and - like Dave said - there might not be an NFL season next year. I think there will be, but there's no real way to no for sure, at the moment.

 

[SuperKevin]

Chance of injury, losing up to $40 million in guaranteed money, chance of stock falling... I don't care how loaded you are, $40 million is HUGE.

Kid made the right decision for him. He wanted his degree, and loved being a college student, can't say I blame him, this is the best time of my life, I can only imagine if I was the QB of a top 5 team and one of the top players in the country.

Wish he would've declared and been a Panther, but oh well. He's gonna be a great one wherever he goes, and one player that hasn't even played an NFL game won't make or break this franchise.

Don't worry, when Carolina goes 2-14 again in 2011 they'll be able to draft Luck 1st overall.

 

[Sharkweather]

Don't worry, when Carolina goes 2-14 again in 2011 they'll be able to draft Luck 1st overall.

A team hasn't had back-to-back #1 picks since 1999-00. Guess we'll see, but something tells me Carolina will find a way to win 3-4 games and some other team will win one or two.

 

[Woy]

Glad for Andrew Luck. I really have a great respect for players that want to stay in school and get their degree.

 

[JeremyHight]

You really have only one shot at the type of money a 1st overall pick gets, especially when this is the last year before a rookie cap. I'm not saying he is an idiot or anything because if he is having fun at Stanford and doesn't worry about money, then go ahead and bone a million rich chicks in the Bay Area and live it up. But financially speaking, this could be the dumbest move of his life.

 

[NAHSTE]

You really have only one shot at the type of money a 1st overall pick gets, especially when this is the last year before a rookie cap. I'm not saying he is an idiot or anything because if he is having fun at Stanford and doesn't worry about money, then go ahead and bone a million rich chicks in the Bay Area and live it up. But financially speaking, this could be the dumbest move of his life.

But he will still end up with a shit ton of money either way. More money than most people make in their lifetime.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Don't worry, when Carolina goes 2-14 again in 2011 they'll be able to draft Luck 1st overall.

We aren't even that bad of a team.

We got raped by injuries this year, and couple that with poor QB play and you have a recipe for disaster. We're actually a pretty talented and decent team.

 

[ralaw]

You really have only one shot at the type of money a 1st overall pick gets, especially when this is the last year before a rookie cap. I'm not saying he is an idiot or anything because if he is having fun at Stanford and doesn't worry about money, then go ahead and bone a million rich chicks in the Bay Area and live it up. But financially speaking, this could be the dumbest move of his life.

I understand the image of a future #1 overall QB in California is that of a playboy, but Luck doesn't come across as a guy who goes around banging chicks. I just don't get that Matt Leinart vibe from him. He seems like the kind of guy who likes to go for walks in the park and watch movies while he cuddles with his girlfriend and family dog.

 

[Deviant]

I'm still missing the part where this is a stupid decision. Because he's deciding to do what he wants and is living life the way he wants?

Wealth obviously isn't of that much importance to him. What's wrong with that? Maybe he just wants to finish getting his degree or win a National Championship or just enjoy being in a wonderful atmosphere that Standford has.

Why does Luck have to learn from Leinart? Because he's not getting millions of dollars right now? If he's as good as he's projected to be, it won't matter. It's not like Luck automatically clinches the #1 spot in the draft just because we project him to go there.

The kid's 21. He only gets to gets to control his own fate for so long and he has that staying at Standford.

 

[packersfan4eva]

Yeah, he won't be making $50 million. Instead, maybe he only makes $20 million. I'm pretty sure that's enough to live on.

 

[Tailback U]

Luck is going to be making millions no matter what he does. Even if he never played in the NFL, the guy will have so many Stanford connections that he'll never have to worry about bills for a day in his life.

How anyone can not like this move and this kid is beyond me. Especially when all we hear about are kids dropping out of college, quarterbacks killing dogs, guys selling their bowl rings for tattoos, etc.

Good for Luck and good for Stanford. I am fully on the bandwagon and am thinking about getting season tix next season to see Luck's final season as a college quarterback.

Toby Gerhart and Andrew Luck are probably two of my favorite college athletes in recent memory. I hope Stanford can keep breeding these type of athletes without Harbaugh.

I think the best post in this thread is by packersfan. The kid is 16 years old or something and he is admiring Luck's decision while all you grown ass men and college kids are calling Luck an idiot for wanting to stay in school.