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[blythspartan]

Really 72? You don't think the pressure of not knowing if you're going to get paid from month to month or even if you'll have a job come the end of the season doesn't affect the players and their families?

Oh but football players get paid sooo much, so they are excempt from these worries of course.

There worries and there are worries though.

A player who is 28 on a £4k/week £200,000 a year salary, who if released from his contract will be able to find a club to pay him £2k/week £100,000 salary relatively easily, is not the same stress as store manager at the body shop in their 40s with a mortgage to pay and 4 mouths to feed seeing their store closed.

I have sympathy for footballers WAGs who presumably think that hooking up with a footballer = set for life, and start spending accordingly, but in the grand scheme of things, being released from RFC at the end of the season isnt going to leave anyone worrying how to keep the heating on.

You only need to look at the car park of a mediocre football club to know that belts could be tightened if needs be.

Although I don’t have too much sympathy for footballers I do think that players below Championship level can still have similar worries to normal working people. I accept they generally earn a lot more money, but it’s all relative. Bigger house, bigger mortgage and bigger bills etc, and they still need a guaranteed income.

I remember watching a documentary about Jlloyd Samuel who tragically died in a car crash and it was a big eye opener in terms of footballers facing the same problems and demons as all of us.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Oh but football players get paid sooo much, so they are excempt from these worries of course.

There worries and there are worries though.

A player who is 28 on a £4k/week £200,000 a year salary, who if released from his contract will be able to find a club to pay him £2k/week £100,000 salary relatively easily, is not the same stress as store manager at the body shop in their 40s with a mortgage to pay and 4 mouths to feed seeing their store closed.

I have sympathy for footballers WAGs who presumably think that hooking up with a footballer = set for life, and start spending accordingly, but in the grand scheme of things, being released from RFC at the end of the season isnt going to leave anyone worrying how to keep the heating on.

You only need to look at the car park of a mediocre football club to know that belts could be tightened if needs be.

Although I don’t have too much sympathy for footballers I do think that players below Championship level can still have similar worries to normal working people. I accept they generally earn a lot more money, but it’s all relative. Bigger house, bigger mortgage and bigger bills etc, and they still need a guaranteed income.

I remember watching a documentary about Jlloyd Samuel who tragically died in a car crash and it was a big eye opener in terms of footballers facing the same problems and demons as all of us.

They also have short careers. The stage Wing is at is where he should be maximising his earnings which can hopefully set him up well for his post playing career. £200k is not massive when you're going to retire in your mid 30s.

[72 bus]

Agree, it must have put his petrol bill up by a fair amount having to travel the extra distance from Wycombe to Bearwood.
Bleeding for her, as we all must be at this difficult time.

Really 72? You don't think the pressure of not knowing if you're going to get paid from month to month or even if you'll have a job come the end of the season doesn't affect the players and their families?

Not if I was earning what these players are, I would have more than enough put by to see me through anything that might happen.
If they are worried about paying the bills they are doing life wrong.

[6ft Kerplunk]

So losing half of your income wouldn't leave you feeling a bit stressed GWL? Keeping in mind that the 28 year old footballer probably has 4 or 5 years left of earning well before their career ends. I doubt many lower league players waltz into lucrative salaries after they retire just as the rest of us are hitting our prime earning years. Dropping £100K a year now is going to hit that pension pot massively.

[Greatwesternline]

So losing half of your income wouldn't leave you feeling a bit stressed GWL? Keeping in mind that the 28 year old footballer probably has 4 or 5 years left of earning well before their career ends. I doubt many lower league players waltz into lucrative salaries after they retire just as the rest of us are hitting our prime earning years. Dropping £100K a year now is going to hit that pension pot massively.

It would stress me a bit, but some people on here are saying its worse for footballers than a nurse working in the NHS, which is patent nonsense.

Furthermore, the career of a footballer sets them nicely up for coaching roles in football, punditry, being an agent, working behind the scenes in a former club.

Being a professional footballer sets you up for a life of relatively interesting work at above average levels of salary. No one should lose too much sleep over a top 3 tier footballer losing 3 months pay.

[blythspartan]

So losing half of your income wouldn't leave you feeling a bit stressed GWL? Keeping in mind that the 28 year old footballer probably has 4 or 5 years left of earning well before their career ends. I doubt many lower league players waltz into lucrative salaries after they retire just as the rest of us are hitting our prime earning years. Dropping £100K a year now is going to hit that pension pot massively.

It would stress me a bit, but some people on here are saying its worse for footballers than a nurse working in the NHS, which is patent nonsense.

Furthermore, the career of a footballer sets them nicely up for coaching roles in football, punditry, being an agent, working behind the scenes in a former club.

Being a professional footballer sets you up for a life of relatively interesting work at above average levels of salary. No one should lose too much sleep over a top 3 tier footballer losing 3 months pay.

It didn’t set up Dalian Atkinson for life so I don’t think you can generalise.

[Greatwesternline]

Although I don’t have too much sympathy for footballers I do think that players below Championship level can still have similar worries to normal working people. I accept they generally earn a lot more money, but it’s all relative. Bigger house, bigger mortgage and bigger bills etc, and they still need a guaranteed income.

Yeh i get this. But if you can afford to give your agent 10% of your salary, you could probably ask your agent to throw in a bit of independent financial advice at the same time, or use the PFA.

My friend is a fancy IFA workign for people with a lot more money than footballers, and approached Crystal Palace who he supports about the possibility of offering pro-bono financial advice to footballers purely because he would like to met the players and they would be more interesting clients than the usual banker / lawyer.

Palace were well up for it and made the recommendations. None of the players took up the offer. Says it all.

[blythspartan]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I thought the same. It happens the same every time; people say it's close and then silence. Obviously the club have reasons to plug the mini season tickets anyway, but the anxiety is heightening.

[Hendo]

Club in marketing ticket offer shock. More at 11.

[Silver Fox]

Club in marketing ticket offer shock. More at 11.

[Stranded]

So losing half of your income wouldn't leave you feeling a bit stressed GWL? Keeping in mind that the 28 year old footballer probably has 4 or 5 years left of earning well before their career ends. I doubt many lower league players waltz into lucrative salaries after they retire just as the rest of us are hitting our prime earning years. Dropping £100K a year now is going to hit that pension pot massively.

It would stress me a bit, but some people on here are saying its worse for footballers than a nurse working in the NHS, which is patent nonsense.

Furthermore, the career of a footballer sets them nicely up for coaching roles in football, punditry, being an agent, working behind the scenes in a former club.

Being a professional footballer sets you up for a life of relatively interesting work at above average levels of salary. No one should lose too much sleep over a top 3 tier footballer losing 3 months pay.

Has anyone literally said the bit in bold? - may have missed it but that is naturally nonsense. But looking at the players we have on our books at the moment, if the club does go pop they will fit in to a number of categories.

There will be those who would likely get picked up on similar or only a little less pay - Wing, Knibbs, Azeez, Smith, Bindon all fit into that group.

There will be others who may struggle to pick up another deal or would need to take a massive pay drop - looking at the likes of Dean, possibly even Yiadom given he is over 30.

Then you have a lot of the younger players who really may struggle to fnd another deal or need to drop out of the pro game altogether - so Wellens, Wareham, Carson, Abrefa, Rushesha.

So yes, someone earning 35k per year will have more worries but the security of the job will naturally have taken a toll.

[Stranded]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

Err - it would be a massively dysfunctional marketing department if you create an offer and publisize it once and only once. It means nothing beyond marketing.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Club in marketing ticket offer shock. More at 11.

You are of course right. Just reflects the state of mind this has got many fanbase members into.

[blythspartan]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

Err - it would be a massively dysfunctional marketing department if you create an offer and publisize it once and only once. It means nothing beyond marketing.

Yep agree, I am being a Pratt.

[Orion1871]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

Shame they are only allowing people to load their ticket using one method. Would've thought they'd sell more if people could load them onto their member cards rather than onto Google/Apple wallet exclusively.

[RG30]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

Shame they are only allowing people to load their ticket using one method. Would've thought they'd sell more if people could load them onto their member cards rather than onto Google/Apple wallet exclusively.

Not true though is it?

Supporters will be able to download their Season Ticket to their smart phone into their Google or Apple Wallet from their online account. Supporters can request a physical card via post or collection, but it will cost £3 per card and supporters will need to call the Ticket Office on 0118 968 1313.

Your Final 3 Mini Season Ticket will then be activated ready for Northampton Town on Friday 29th March but will not work for any fixture before this date.

https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2024/march/21/Mini-Season-Tickets-Update-21Mar24/

[SouthDownsRoyal]

The club are plugging the mini season tickets again so it doesn’t bode well.

Shame they are only allowing people to load their ticket using one method. Would've thought they'd sell more if people could load them onto their member cards rather than onto Google/Apple wallet exclusively.

Although I agree with this, if true, How many fans have a member card but not an android or Apple phone?

[Franchise FC]

So losing half of your income wouldn't leave you feeling a bit stressed GWL? Keeping in mind that the 28 year old footballer probably has 4 or 5 years left of earning well before their career ends. I doubt many lower league players waltz into lucrative salaries after they retire just as the rest of us are hitting our prime earning years. Dropping £100K a year now is going to hit that pension pot massively.

It would stress me a bit, but some people on here are saying its worse for footballers than a nurse working in the NHS, which is patent nonsense.

Furthermore, the career of a footballer sets them nicely up for coaching roles in football, punditry, being an agent, working behind the scenes in a former club.

Being a professional footballer sets you up for a life of relatively interesting work at above average levels of salary. No one should lose too much sleep over a top 3 tier footballer losing 3 months pay.

The list of post-career jobs you quote is finite, presumably most are already filled.
The number of players far, far outweighs the number of post-playing jobs available

[Greatwesternline]

It would stress me a bit, but some people on here are saying its worse for footballers than a nurse working in the NHS, which is patent nonsense.

Has anyone literally said the bit in bold? - may have missed it but that is naturally nonsense. But looking at the players we have on our books at the moment, if the club does go pop they will fit in to a number of categories.

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