Luck returning for Stanford

[MrJayremmie]

Pissed me off. I thought Oregon's PAc-10 3peat would come easy again, but it looks like we may have to put in some effort.

It will be nice to have 2 Pac-10 top 5 in the preseason polls i suppose.

They did us proud in their BCS game.

 

[Moo2K4]

I can somewhat understand why Luck would want to go back to college, because if I were him, I wouldn't want to play for the Panthers either.

However, he's an idiot. He's probably losing close $40 million doing this, because there's a lot of talk of having a rookie salary cap as part of the new CBA, which means no ridiculous contracts for rookies. If Luck had gone out this year, he could have gotten the largest rookie contract ever with how good of a prospect he is and how badly Carolina needs a franchise QB.

 

[MrJayremmie]

HE wants his degree. Can't fault the guy. But he won't even win the Pac-10 North next year.

 

[Moo2K4]

HE wants his degree. Can't fault the guy. But he won't even win the Pac-10 North next year.

And he can get that degree by taking night classes during the offseason. There's no point in risking your career to get that, and definitely no pointing in losing all the money he is potentially going to lose either.

 

[MrJayremmie]

I am in agreement with you.

 

[Minstrel]

However, he's an idiot. He's probably losing close $40 million doing this, because there's a lot of talk of having a rookie salary cap as part of the new CBA, which means no ridiculous contracts for rookies. If Luck had gone out this year, he could have gotten the largest rookie contract ever with how good of a prospect he is and how badly Carolina needs a franchise QB.

He's an idiot if what he cares about is maximizing dollars and yet made this decision. If he expects to be rich either way and has other priorities in mind over the absolute maximum he could earn, he's not an idiot.

 

[Natebishop3]

He's an idiot if what he cares about is maximizing dollars and yet made this decision. If he expects to be rich either way and has other priorities in mind over the absolute maximum he could earn, he's not an idiot.

Yeah, but the guy could play two or three years and make more money than he would make in ten years doing anything else.

 

[Minstrel]

Yeah, but the guy could play two or three years and make more money than he would make in ten years doing anything else.

Not entirely true, as he can make a ton of money in architecture/real estate development. But if he doesn't care whether he makes $40 million or $200 million in his career. I can definitely see him wanting to do things he can never choose to do later, like chase a national championship with Stanford and/or spend another year in campus life as a 20 year old.

 

[Sex Panther]

Yeah, but the guy could play two or three years and make more money than he would make in ten years doing anything else.

There are architects who earn far more money than football players. Trust me, it's not a bad 'fallback' career.

And for those who are so worried about him losing money, his family is well off. He won't cry over it.

 

[tlongII]

HE wants his degree. Can't fault the guy. But he won't even win the Pac-10 North next year.

True. The Beavs are pretty much a lock to win the North next year.