081: Oliver Luck – EVP For NCAA: Paying College Athletes & Being Andrew Luck's Dad

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Ryan Hawk

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🗓️ 17 December 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Episode 081: Oliver Luck – EVP For NCAA: Paying College Athletes & Being Andrew Luck’s Dad

Oliver Luck is an incredibly interesting person. He truly understands the importance of an intense focus on continuous improvement. I really appreciate Oliver’s willingness to discuss some controversial topics as well as his ability to compromise for the betterment of student athletes today. We are extremely fortunate to have Oliver share his knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show.

Oliver Luck works for the NCAA as the Executive Vice President for regulatory affairs, in charge of the organization's regulatory functions. Prior to that, he was Director of Intercollegiate Athletes at West Virginia University, his alma mater. Earlier in his life, Oliver spent five seasons in the NFL as a quarterback for the Houston Oilers.

He is the father of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Andrew was the 1st overall draft choice in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Episode 081: Oliver Luck – EVP for NCAA: Paying College Athletes & Being Andrew Luck’s Dad

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The Learning Leader Show

“Great leaders have intellectual curiosity mixed with some stubbornness.”

Some Questions I Ask:

What are the common characteristics of people who have sustained success?
What are your thoughts on kids “playing up” a level in sports?
Why did Mark Emmert hire you for this NCAA role?
Don’t you believe a player (such as your son) should be compensated for all of his jersey sales?
What needs to happen for a player to be paid for his/her likeness?
What was your parenting philosophy? How were you able to raise such successful kids?
What types of feelings are created by you watching Andrew play in the NFL?
What does being a learning leader mean to you?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The importance in being a little bit stubborn
“Playing Up” and the power of playing against great competition
Why it’s bad for your children to focus on one sport
Going to law school in the off-season
Being friends with Archie Manning
His process for securing fantastic jobs after his NFL career was over
Why raising his family in Europe was beneficial
The importance of taking a complicated message and making it clear

“Have a vision for where you want people to go.”

Continue Learning:

Read: Is Andrew Luck's Dad The NCAA's White Knight?
Read: Oliver Luck Joins NCAA
Watch: Jay Bilas & Oliver Luck Debate NCAA Topics

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio

He is the father of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Andrew was the 1st overall draft choice in the 2012 NFL Draft.

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0:00.0	What I really like about what I'm doing in college athletics and what a lot of people are doing in this industry
0:06.4	is I really do believe that we're helping create leaders every day, you know, and that's not happening in a lot of places in this country.
0:14.7	You know it's happening in the military. It happens in other extracurricular so it's not
0:19.2	just in athletics but I really feel good about young men and women, you know, coming out of college athletics, big school, small school, doesn't matter, public private, religious state, you know, sports irrelevant.
0:32.0	We're creating people that come out with better leadership
0:36.4	skills than they went in with, you know, and that's, I think, a great contribution to society.
0:41.9	Our leaders born or are they made. Our host Ryan Hawk
0:45.4	believes that leaders can be made through determined focused work on learning the
0:49.6	art and science behind the makeup of other successful leaders.
0:53.4	Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.
0:56.7	You're listening to the learning leadership. Hey and welcome to the Learning Leader Show I am Ryan Hawk so excited and
1:18.0	thrilled with tonight's episode in our featured leader it's Oliver Luck. He's a
1:22.1	former NFL quarterback who actually
1:24.1	went to law school during the off seasons while he was playing in the league.
1:28.0	After retiring from the NFL, he then eventually went on to become the CEO of NFL Europe where he was tasked with
1:35.2	building the brand and the awareness of the league overseas. It's also where he
1:41.4	had some of his children and raised them for over 10 years.
1:45.0	Interesting part that we'll talk about.
1:46.8	He then wanted to become the athletic director at his alma mater, West Virginia University.
1:51.0	In January of 2015, he was hired as the Executive Vice President for
1:54.9	Regulatory Affairs of the NCAA. Really interesting career arc he's had.
2:01.0	He's also a dad to four children, most notably Andrew Luck, current Indianapolis
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