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Oliver Luck on WFNZ tomorrow at 10:25am

RealisticFan

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from listening to the interview Andrew's dad had a lot to do with this decision in general.

1. He was an NFL QB who went to school in the offseason to finish his law degree, he knows first hand how tough that was, and that it isnt possible to do in todays NFL given all the responsibilities of the QB during the offseason.

2. He went through a decision with a looming lockout in 1987, and decided to leave the NFL since he had his law degree at that time.

3. Oliver was also part of labor negotiations or something during his time in the NFL and still has some pulse on the current situation. He believes the pay will be the same this year as next.

4. He knows draft position doesnt automatically mean you have a successful career. Said Andrew had only gotten better as he has played in college, no reason to believe they would regress next season.

5. Harbough decision to leave or stay would no impact the team at Stanford in his opinion. they have a lot of guys coming back and a good recruiting class coming in next season.

6. Andrew said he went to college to play football and get a degree. Since his dad took the time to finish his degree, i have a feeling Andrew doesnt want to seem like he is taking the easy way out to the money.

So, i think that if i Luck had a typical dad who wasnt so plugged into this type of situation they would have told him to jump at the money. but given the fact that his father has been in very similar shoes, he probably advised him to do whatever he felt like doing. Of course a kid is going to chose being a campus king over an NFL rookie, simple as that.

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Oliver Luck is a stand-up guy to give his time to the Charlotte media to discuss his son's rationale behind staying. They really don't owe us anything. It does make me feel better though.

Oliver does seem to have a good amount of influence on Andrew (rightfully so being his Dad and being qualified with his background to give him good advise).

Andrew Luck's reasons for staying in school over leaving seem pretty valid to me. Andrew seems like a stand-up guy as well.

It does suck for us Panthers fans b/c Andrew Luck seems on every level to be the real deal, but it just wasn't meant to be. Can't be mad at him for making his own decision.

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Oliver Luck is a stand-up guy to give his time to the Charlotte media to discuss his son's rationale behind staying. They really don't owe us anything. It does make me feel better though.

Oliver does seem to have a good amount of influence on Andrew (rightfully so being his Dad and being qualified with his background to give him good advise).

Andrew Luck's reasons for staying in school over leaving seem pretty valid to me. Andrew seems like a stand-up guy as well.

It does suck for us Panthers fans b/c Andrew Luck seems on every level to be the real deal, but it just wasn't meant to be. Can't be mad at him for making his own decision.

:iagree:

After I drank heavily, passed out and woke up, I too have come to the same opinion of the Luck family.

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i would have to say, that is pretty stand-up of the guys dad to take the time to do an interview on the local sports station to settle things down. seems like a nice guy, i feel better now, :lol:

Its call CYA so Andrew doesn't look like Eli a few years ago. Its the proverbial "its not you its me" line.

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