Colts won't recoup $24.8 from Luck...

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Oldcolt

It also keeps them looking good to other players in the league and on the team. It helps when free agency (we will have a shitload of money) rolls around and you are trying to sell your team. It's the smart classy move by the Colts.

He could have been just as smart and classy and said "nope, I didn't earn it this year, I can't in good conscience take that from you Mr. Irsay", he didn't.

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Dude, looks like he played this about as well as someone that saw an opening could. I just don't see this all developing over the span of a few days, just don't see how with a guy of his stature in the industry. And if that's the case and you're talking "months" worth of negotiation, and the guy basically had to play the "well I MIGHT and I MIGHT not" game in order to arrive at a golden parachute (brass' comments that it is Andy driving the process at this point from a couple / three weeks ago)... sorry not sure how that's not gaming the system for everything it's worth?

His body failed, not his courage. I'm sixty and I'm in better shape right now than he is. He has a chance to heal, and spend time with his kid. He doesn't owe anyone a damn thing. He took a beating in the NFL, and he's going to pay for it the rest of his life and all the $$$ won't fix it

[JAFF]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

He could have been just as smart and classy and said "nope, I didn't earn it this year, I can't in good conscience take that from you Mr. Irsay", he didn't.

Just stop. Edge ran for 900+ yards one year, on two high ankle sprains. He didn't hit the number for a bonus. Irsay paid him anyway. Jim understands the sacrifice these guys make, with their bodies, for this game. Luck sold out, every game, every play. That's how he got his liver lacerated.

He busted his ass all off season to try and get ready and his body failed him. Luck loves football and now he's done. Want to know why people love playing for the Colts? Jim Irsay loves players and he doesnt fuck them.

[DrSpaceman]

I don't really care about the money, except from a cap standpoint, and that part they can't change.

[VeveJones007]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Because they reached a financial settlement with him...

LAST WEEK

He's been schemin' and plottin' on this for a while IMO...

More and more I think this guy is a greedy snake that doesn't really give 2 shits about his team mates...Go back to Europe and ride your snow board and stay away from anything that resembles a team you d-bag...



https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...oup-money-luck

I said this in another thread, but “late last week” could easily mean Thursday or Friday of this past week.

[njcoltfan]

Originally Posted by Chromeburn

This is hedging their bets. That money was already accounted for. They aren't going to dish it out to anyone else at this point. However, if in a year or two when Luck is healthy and feeling like himself again he might think about coming back. If that is the case Colts want to be at the front of the line.

Speaking of that hypothetical, how long do the Colts hold his rights, I know that there's 3 more years left on his contract, but what happens when his contract is up??

[Puck]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

I am cool with that part of it O&C, Jim is a classy guy when it comes to comp for his guys.

But the fact this was LAST WEEK says a lot about what has really been going on behind the scenes and I think it speaks lout volumes about why Frank was so dismissive of Andrew working out in the warm ups last week- he was a Colt in name only by that time and I would say that's been the case for months as they worked out these terms.

These are some of the brightest financial guys going right- top paid GM's, top paid agents, this isn't some 3/4th string guy that breaks and arm prior to the season and he and the team strike some small injury settlement so he can have a little money in his pocket while searching out a possible team.

Nope- for a top 5 player in the league to basically reach an INJURY settlement LAST WEEK, man this has to have been in the works for a long time. I doubt Andy's agent called up Ballard last Tuesday and said "give us $24 Mil and we'll just ride of into the sunset" and Ballard said "yessir".... this has to be the result of a bunch of back and forth over some protracted period of time...

Again, to me, this looks like a long con by a con artist basically extorting his club for cash.

I have gone from loving this guy as the 2nd coming, a savior of my favorite team to despising him in the span of about 18 hours!

This was reported today. The first day of this week. Late last week would have been Thursday or Friday. They had planned to make an announcement today at3 pm but the story leaked so they did it last night.

[Discflinger]

To be honest, I am absolutely positive that they knew for a couple of weeks and I believe asked Andrew to play the part for a bit to increase ticket sales. Same old crap. Just like they led us along when he went IR. It's a business and we buy what we are told. I still love the organization and put it with the best in the league, but that's really not saying much.

[Chromeburn]

Originally Posted by njcoltfan

Speaking of that hypothetical, how long do the Colts hold his rights, I know that there's 3 more years left on his contract, but what happens when his contract is up??

I believe his contract reinstates if he comes back. So we would have his rights, but can’t make someone play for you. We will see how it plays out.

[Puck]

Originally Posted by VeveJones007

I said this in another thread, but “late last week” could easily mean Thursday or Friday of this past week.

Especially since he didn't inform Irsay until Monday that he was retiring