And if your back is messed up which limits your ability to sit at a desk for long hours?
And a knee or shoulder is messed up with limits your ability to do physical labour?
And if your struggling with some things mentally because you've spent the first 34 years of your life having your brains scrabbled for a living?
What then? Because that is the reality for a lot of players post career.
They sacrifice their body's and their future for our entertainment. They have a right to maximise their income and set themselves up so their sacrifice for our entertainment allows them the luxary to not have to work if they dont need too... and the reality is most of them never earn THAT level of money and they are forced back into the workforce with the scars of their playing career... and you know who isnt there? you know who never gives a **** about their struggle at age 40?
Football clubs and their fans.
Josh Miller literally knocked himself out for this club, on many many occasions, and he never earnt life changing money... anyone know what he's doing now? What his life is like? What all the brain damage, the constant scraps and scopes and the impact his modest playing career had on his future.
Maybe someone knows but i dont and i bet 99% of posters reading this dont either... he might be living the high life or he might suffering through some major **** and we dont give a ****.