“I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012″, said Luck.

It’s a risky move financially to put it mildly.

Luck was a lock to go first overall in the draft, and the delay makes the presence of a rookie wage scale when Luck is taken even more likely. Luck spoke often about wanting to graduate and improvements he felt like he still needed to make in his game. It wasn’t just lip service. (Peter King reported as much regarding Luck a few weeks ago.)

Still, Luck seems to be at a different talent level than someone like Jake Locker or Matt Leinart who returned for their senior seasons. By all indications, Luck’s draft stock is closer to Peyton Manning, who also returned for his senior season.

Luck had another week left before he had to make the decision. We wonder if the timing of this announcement could influence Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh’s decision to go pro again or not.

Harbaugh seems likely to leave, but there have already been a lot of surprising moments in the coaching search.

A new CBA would need to be in place for any rookie to sign a contract with their team. Therefore, he loses no money by staying at Stanford another year as opposed to coming out this year, that is unless his stock (not likely) drops.

Fairly certain that the new CBA is going to be in place before the start of the 2012 season. The league makes too much money for there to be a work stoppage. Rookie contracts aren't going to be as astronomical as they are now once the new CBA is in place, while the NFLPA does look out for player interests they are governed by veterans/ex-players who tend to look down on contracts currently given out to unproven rookies vs. the ones given out to 10 year vets. Also on the unlikely scenario that his stock drops, well just ask Jake Locker about that one.

Jake Locker isn't the same type of QB as Andrew Luck. Locker is a QB who never was really accurate and legs could get him out of trouble. Andrew Luck is the more prototypical QB, good arm strength and accurate.

I never said anything about a work stoppage. This years NFL draft is going to be under the new CBA not the old.

Oh, that's my mistake. I thought that this upcoming draft was going to be under the old CBA. Fair enough about the compensation he's going to receive in either draft, however I still stand by my point that when you're guaranteed to go #1 you take it. I can see not wanting to play for an organization like the Panthers, especially since they seem to want to do things on the cheap. While he would've taken an initial publicity hit by declaring that he didn't want to play for them, it would've subsided. Outside of San Diego nobody seems to remember that Eli did so before the '04 draft, nor do people mention anything about Elway doing it when recollecting his legacy.

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I'm with you on the fact that if you can be number 1 you take that opportunity. I just don't see him having a bad season (like Locker) that hurts his draft stock. The only thing wrong with saying you don't want to play for an organization is you shun their fan base.


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I'm with you on the fact that if you can be number 1 you take that opportunity. I just don't see him having a bad season (like Locker) that hurts his draft stock. The only thing wrong with saying you don't want to play for an organization is you shun their fan base. .

Very true about the fans, though to be fair I think the fan base in Carolina is dwindling as we speak. I live near LA and I've been hoping that we can snatch up one of these teams that post low attendance figures, it'd be great to be able to see an NFL game and not have to drive to San Diego. Anyway, good talk. I wasn't aware of CBA being renegotiated this year, so thanks for that information.

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