Colts do not want Luck to outgrow Indy

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/luck-balks-colts-marketing-restrictions-195006432--nfl.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Wow, makes you realize that Irsay is going about the man after Peyton Manning as "we have to keep him for as long as we can and keep him relatively small" rather than being the way JR has been with Cam and allowing him to be who he is and market the poo out of him.

Glad we are not the Colts. Despite how the owner refutes it in tweets, this has to be true. It sounds true and makes sense.

[DirtyMagic97]

Glad we are not the Colts. Despite how the owner refutes it in tweets, this has to be true. It sounds true and makes sense.

lol?

[xerxes]

http://sports.yahoo...._medium=twitter

Wow, makes you realize that Irsay is going about the man after Peyton Manning as "we have to keep him for as long as we can and keep him relatively small" rather than being the way JR has been with Cam and allowing him to be who he is and market the poo out of him.

Glad we are not the Colts. Despite how the owner refutes it in tweets, this has to be true. It sounds true and makes sense.

Where did you get that from the article? The closest thing was:

"One source with knowledge of the talks even suggested that Luck would 'have to clear' marketing proposals with the club."

​So a multi-billion dollar organization wants to control it's marketing image with the face of it's organization. What's weird about that?

I doubt the Colts want to limit Luck's exposure too much, but they do want to make sure he doesn't start endorsing products that would not be consistent with the image the Colts want to project.

If you'll recall:

(Richardson talk with Cam Newton):

"Do you have any tattoos?’” Richardson told Rose. “He said, ‘No, sir. I don’t have any.’ I said, ‘Do you have any piercings?’ He said, ‘No, sir. I don’t have any.’ I said, ‘We want to keep it that way.’ . . . .

“We want to keep no tattoos, no piercings, and I think you’ve got a very nice haircut.”

Sounds about the same if you ask me.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Well why did Peyton Manning not have a similar agreement in his contract then? Kind of odd to say the least.... and negotations over a contract that is pretty much determined and set shouldn't drag out this long

[Khaki Lackey]

Rumor has it that Irsay is a majority stock holder in a huge dildo company and Luck is signing an endorsement deal with a competitor.

[TruCatzFan]

They won't have to really worry about keeping him small... When he busts, that will all take care of itself. 10 years from now we'll be on the interwebs reading stories about him breaking and entering to steal people's prescription drugs.

[footballisasport]

Oh please...Luck is now way as marketable as Peyton anyway.. He just doesn't have that swag. As soon as he opens his mouth to endorse a product, you'll be like....Hell NAH..

[The Huddler]

Is Cam rebelling against JR by growing out his hair?

[Lumps]

what kind of dumbass owner doesn't promote a new QB like 'Luck' with the horsehoe and all

its just too fuging easy

[Guest Bwood]

I never want to hear Andrew Luck's name on here again unless we're playing them.

[xerxes]

Well why did Peyton Manning not have a similar agreement in his contract then? Kind of odd to say the least.... and negotations over a contract that is pretty much determined and set shouldn't drag out this long

Not at all. When Peyton signed his rookie contract, the negotiations were all about money. For subsequent contracts, Peyton had enough leverage to make a marketing clause unfeasible.

For a contract like Luck's, where the money is mostly predetermined, the only thing to negotiate are secondary things like endorsement control.

I think people are reading way too much into this. As far as I can tell, this is just business as usual. Each side is trying to get as much as they possibly can. They can't argue that much about money, so they have to negotiate on other items with monetary value attached like public image.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

They won't have to really worry about keeping him small... When he busts, that will all take care of itself. 10 years from now we'll be on the interwebs reading stories about him breaking and entering to steal people's prescription drugs.

I'm pretty sure his degree from stanford will take care of him

The Luck hate on this board is hilarious. You guys are like 16 year old girls who had her boyfriend leave her and now you bitch bitch and bitch

[Mother Grabber]

[Snake]

Nothing say WE OWN YOU like telling a guy who he has to endorse and who he cant endorse. Welcome to serfdom Luck.