Andrew Luck.
If you're not familiar with his story, feel free read it here. I recommend checking out the comments.
I've had some contact with Carolina football fans this week and the reaction amongst Panther fans seemed oddly to familiar to the Cavalier fan in me. Death threats were given, sports radio talk show phone lines were packed full of angry sports fans infuriated that a 21 year old college student would have the audacity to turn down millions of guaranteed dollars to return to school.
I won't pretend to know all of the angles to this story, and neither should you. I have no idea what his insurance policy will cover, what effect the collective bargaining agreement will have on any contract that he might sign, or any of the other behind the scenes details that no doubt factored into his decision.
I do know however that Andrew Luck has never struggled for money. I understand that his sister with whom he's very close will be attending Stanford this fall. I also know that Andrew Luck has a very real chance to win a national title this year at Stanford. Let me repeat that, a national title at Stanford. Stanford?? That has to mean something.
As I found myself reading the angry comments and listening to pundits talk about his decision it became quite clear to me what the real issue here is. How do we measure success? Is money really the only thing worth valuing? Is Andrew Luck a failure if he loses 30 million dollars because he chose to finish school?
Again I ask the question. What can truly be used to measure a man's success?
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