People keep saying 'paid well' but you have to remember it is a short career, so players will want to earn as much as possible to help them once they are retired and need to get a 'proper' job like the rest of us. I don't have any problem with players making a bob or 2 to help them once they retire. Anyone and everyone on this forum would do the same if they could, but we can all stay in our jobs for much longer.

10 years on an average of £50k, that is the same as 30 years on £16.5K, which is above the average wage in Hull.

10 years long service at Smith & Nephew, you get a tie.......................

Surely you get a few free plasters as well

radford will have been on more than £50k for much of his career

Indeed, I was just illustrating my opinion at the lowest level.

Retired from playing pro RL yes, it doesn't mean they can't go on and earn a day wage doing something else. The opportunites that are open to SL pros in terms of education & further training these days are far greater than ever.
At least back in the day players could/would go back to their 'full time' jobs.

Whilst I wouldn't begrudge Lee a testimonial (after all why shouldn't he under the present rules) the thing I find really offensive are the 'testimonials' for soccer players at the top end..sickening Ryan Giggs for example (& I've no beef with any player it was the first name I thought of) got a £1M from his testimonial match alone !!

Hes obviously not the poor driving round in a nice Jag and part owning East Hulls new chav bar

Is that correct? be very suprised if it was that low.

Surprised at the attitude towards Radford on here.

There are a lot of parallels with Stanley Gene's testimonial at Rovers, which was extremely well-supported by their fans!

Why the difference?

Well said, great servant to the game and deserves it.