Quote: Offside Monkey "My Sister, a well very qualified accountant, has just moved jobs to a role that pays her less.
On hearing that she was leaving, her now former employers offered her an even better deal, but she still chose to leave. Why? Two reasons - the new role will be more enjoyable/less stressful for her and evn though it may not pay as much, its still enough to live very well. The extra 10,15 or 20K a year just simply wouldn't be enough to make up for the reduced quality of life.
However, Sam is only going to be a player until he's 30 something, which somewhat changes the goalposts, he's got a long time after that and a stint playing Rugby union for England can open a lot of doors. Players who won the world cup in 2003 get money thrown at them by large corporations for "motivational speaking" and poop like that, nevermind the seemingly more lucrative coaching carer paths that code offers.'"
Fully understand this I turned a job down last year marginally more money but would have meant more time away from my family.
However had that job been 10 years ago when I was young and single I would have taken it as it didn't matter then. And it was only marginally more, one would assume Sam is leaving for at least marginally more and let's be honest sportsmen and women only really "work" for a couple of hours a day over the course of a calendar year so it certainly won't impact his family life! Well aside from they all live in aus now!
Just always make my wonder why fans can't see that it's just work to them.
