Quote: pmh "Yes, yes i would if the situation I faced was say, (random numbers plucked from air coming up) earning 100K until 31st October this year and then 5K or nothing from there on in, as opposed to maybe 30K now and the chance to broaden my experience with a view to moving into management in a few years time.
Obviously Mills won't be moving into coaching as he'd rather sit on the sofa watching Jezzer Kyle.
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I know what you're saying and I'd make that investment if I was a young RL pro. Say you're a promising young player not getting a game at your current club. You're single and you've never had much money, so you won't miss what you've never had. Another club comes in for you - it is less cash and you'll have to move, but you'll be playing regularly. It is a chance for you launch your career.
10 years later and you've had a moderately successful career, but you've dropped down the pecking order and aren't getting a game, again. You're married with a family and you taking a pay cut means them doing without. Your knees and your shoulder aches and you've had a decade of nomark fans slagging you off on the internet. Another club comes in for you - it is less cash and you'll have to move, but you'll be playing regularly. I'd sack it off, save as much as I could and enrol at college to learn a trade.