Wakefield Trinity • Re: Kershaw to Salford
vastman wrote:
So do I. Are you suggesting that playing RL is just done for the money. I’ve never believed that and never will, there are far easier ways to do it than getting physically assaulted once a week.
Be honest for once, you’d love to have been in Kershaws position when you were young, you make me laugh at times.
It’s a mix of money and enjoyment especially at the start of their pro careers.
Not every player is the same but just like any other job decisions have to be made along the way particularly when young men start to get families.
Generally these days the lads have back up plans and trades as they don’t make enough to set themselves up for life in most cases.
Interesting interview with Jamie Shaul a few weeks back who retired early and has gone back to being a bricky comparing the positives and camaraderie between his rugby life and new career.
Money now more than ever is an incentive. What rugby generally gives players is a living and a delay by 20 years to getting a day to day job if they are lucky.
The notion that pro sports men are not massively influenced by money is a misnomer.
You can’t feed your kids and pay your bills off fans praise and enjoyment.
Plenty of lads running round in championship who have been offered a crack at SL but turn it down because they earn more being part time and having a day job.
Statistics: Posted by jonh — Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:33 pm