08-26-2019, 05:08 AM
I've held back commenting as I process this big development. But here's where I am on a lot of the last 48 hours news:
I am really bummed I wont get to watch Andrew Luck do amazing things on the football field. He was just so fun to watch and fun to root for as a person. I'm also bummed he won't have an opportunity to show his true potential with a strong GM and coach supporting him. So much unfulfilled potential.
On the other hand, I've been grappling with the immoral nature of watching football. It's the sport I most enjoy watching and yet it leaves so many people broken (and broke) at the end of the pipeline. It may work out for Stanford grads who made the right 40 year decision, but on the whole, I doubt the benefit it provides players. Not having Luck suit up will make it that much easier for me to stop following the NFL.
I think it's greater than 50% that Luck comes out of retirement in a couple of years and finds another team to play with. If the issue is the mental and physical grind he's been through the past 2 years, a few full years away from the field may erase all of that and he may learn he misses the game more than he thought.
As for the the Indy fans, I wonder if some of the "boos" that were heard in the stadium were just wailing and gnashing of teeth at the thought of losing Luck. I have a hard time believing those fans would boo someone who had gone through so much for their franchise.
I am really bummed I wont get to watch Andrew Luck do amazing things on the football field. He was just so fun to watch and fun to root for as a person. I'm also bummed he won't have an opportunity to show his true potential with a strong GM and coach supporting him. So much unfulfilled potential.
On the other hand, I've been grappling with the immoral nature of watching football. It's the sport I most enjoy watching and yet it leaves so many people broken (and broke) at the end of the pipeline. It may work out for Stanford grads who made the right 40 year decision, but on the whole, I doubt the benefit it provides players. Not having Luck suit up will make it that much easier for me to stop following the NFL.
I think it's greater than 50% that Luck comes out of retirement in a couple of years and finds another team to play with. If the issue is the mental and physical grind he's been through the past 2 years, a few full years away from the field may erase all of that and he may learn he misses the game more than he thought.
As for the the Indy fans, I wonder if some of the "boos" that were heard in the stadium were just wailing and gnashing of teeth at the thought of losing Luck. I have a hard time believing those fans would boo someone who had gone through so much for their franchise.