short playing careers

[Spiritwalker]

As another greedy footballer ( Adeybyor) demands a huge increase in wages, giving a short playing career as

one of his reasons, I was wondering, is a football career really that short ? If you start playing profesionally at

18 and play til 33, thats 15yrs. The longest job I've had is 12yrs.

I can think of a few careers shorter than 15yrs

Choir Boy

Chimney Sweep

Tightrope Walker

Lion Tamer

Leicester Manager

[Corky]

As another greedy footballer ( Adeybyor) demands a huge increase in wages, giving a short playing career as

one of his reasons, I was wondering, is a football career really that short ? If you start playing profesionally at

18 and play til 33, thats 15yrs. The longest job I've had is 12yrs.

I can think of a few careers shorter than 15yrs

Choir Boy

Chimney Sweep

Tightrope Walker

Lion Tamer

Leicester Manager

What they may be taking into account is long-term injuries. You will notice it if you spend a year or so out of the game with an injury.

But, look at Teddy Sheringham. His career lasted 24 years, Dion's had 21 years. If they look after themselves, and don't have any major injuries, it can last a long time.

[morris1234]

What they may be taking into account is long-term injuries. You will notice it if you spend a year or so out of the game with an injury.

But, look at Teddy Sheringham. His career lasted 24 years, Dion's had 21 years. If they look after themselves, and don't have any major injuries, it can last a long time.

If they are that scared about having a short career, how about some of them stop driving dangerously, stop getting involved with drugs and so on. plus they dont know how lucky they are, they have talent and get paid an absolute sh*t load to use their talent, if they dont want it ill have it and play at the emirates week in week out on 50,000+ grand a week ungrateful sods!

so what if football is a "short" career, dont do it then if its that bad, just enjoy it whith the time you have, like i said stop whinging and just concentrate on playing and not wanting more foo*ing money!

[Spiritwalker]

If they are that scared about having a short career, how about some of them stop driving dangerously, stop getting involved with drugs and so on. plus they dont know how lucky they are, they have talent and get paid an absolute sh*t load to use their talent, if they dont want it ill have it and play at the emirates week in week out on 50,000+ grand a week ungrateful sods!

so what if football is a "short" career, dont do it then if its that bad, just enjoy it whith the time you have, like i said stop whinging and just concentrate on playing and not wanting more foo*ing money!

Did you mean driving or diving?

[Guest]

As stated elsewhere, this is one of my bug bears. As much as I love football, I do not see why players should earn, in some cases, more in a week than the fans who idolise them earn in a year.

So what if they only play for around 20 years? Most fans will work for over 40 years before they can retire. Why footballers can't go and put something back into society once their playing days are over, I don't know. Perhaps if they knew that they would have to go and work in the real world, it might change their attitudes a bit, certainly when it comes to showing respect etc.

[Webbo]

The reason players are paid an obscene amount of money is because us mugs pay a ridiculous amount to watch them. So what if Wayne Rooney retires when he's 35. Would you stack shelves in Tescos after you've been earning £100k a week? Good luck to them, if I could afford to retire I'd do it tomorrow.

[Benji]

It makes you laugh because they say a short career but that's assume they never work again

What's to stop a future career elsewhere? commentator? pundit? manager?

The paymight not be as MUCH but short creers my arse, the world is open to them and some earn more in a few weeks than an average UK family can earn in a year

[Wycombe Fox]

The paymight not be as MUCH but short creers my arse, the world is open to them and some earn more in a few weeks than an average UK family can earn in a year

In some cases only a couple of days!!!

[Corky]

As stated elsewhere, this is one of my bug bears. As much as I love football, I do not see why players should earn, in some cases, more in a week than the fans who idolise them earn in a year.

So what if they only play for around 20 years? Most fans will work for over 40 years before they can retire. Why footballers can't go and put something back into society once their playing days are over, I don't know. Perhaps if they knew that they would have to go and work in the real world, it might change their attitudes a bit, certainly when it comes to showing respect etc.

To be honest I'm not that bothered how much they earn, I just want them to show some passion and put some bloody effort in when they pull on the blue shirt.

[JoeyB]

What they may be taking into account is long-term injuries. You will notice it if you spend a year or so out of the game with an injury.

But, look at Teddy Sheringham. His career lasted 24 years, Dion's had 21 years. If they look after themselves, and don't have any major injuries, it can last a long time.

Dion Broke his neck too iirc

[Thracian]

To suggest football is a short career is a generalisation that probably harks back to times when people quite often spent a lifetime with a particular company, completing seven-year apprentices and then going on to get their gold watch for a lifetime's service.

Nowadays football goes to remarkable lengths to keep players in the game when their playing careers run down, assuming that's their wish.

There are all sorts of potential jobs within football. Managing, coaching, training, public relations, physiotherapy, media work, promotional opportunities, work as agents, scouts, club chaplains and so much more.

Do people these days really crave a lifelong job anyway?

People I know hire out their time, not their life. Footballers are the same and why they should be criticised about their loyalty when other workers forever change jobs for both career and other reasons?

Loyalty? You've only got to look at the marital breakdown statistics to know that in many cases loyalty lasts just as long as it suits. It's just the same with employment, so complaints about footballers are pure hypocrisy in many cases.

If Leicester City really wanted to keep people like Hume and Stearman the chairman should have done more to protect the club's status both in terms of the managers employed and signings made.

[the_bowman]

To suggest football is a short career is a generalisation that probably harks back to times when people quite often spent a lifetime with a particular company, completing seven-year apprentices and then going on to get their gold watch for a lifetime's service.

Nowadays football goes to remarkable lengths to keep players in the game when their playing careers run down, assuming that's their wish.

There are all sorts of potential jobs within football. Managing, coaching, training, public relations, physiotherapy, media work, promotional opportunities, work as agents, scouts, club chaplains and so much more.

Do people these days really crave a lifelong job anyway?

People I know hire out their time, not their life. Footballers are the same and why they should be criticised about their loyalty when other workers forever change jobs for both career and other reasons?

Loyalty? You've only got to look at the marital breakdown statistics to know that in many cases loyalty lasts just as long as it suits. It's just the same with employment, so complaints about footballers are pure hypocrisy in many cases.

If Leicester City really wanted to keep people like Hume and Stearman the chairman should have done more to protect the club's status both in terms of the managers employed and signings made.

Couldn't have put it better myself to be honest, you're right, what loyalty do we show?

Would you stay working somewhere, when you could be 5 grand a year better off going somewhere else, because you show loyalty?

[Webbo]

I got stuck behind a learner driver this morning from the 'Carl Muggleton' school of motoring and when I overtook it was Carl instructing. I know he was playing last year because he was on a televised game. Presumably that means his career is over.