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Message: [QUOTE="gUt, post: 2116685, member: 1766"] Just reread your earlier stuff and I get what you are saying. Presuming a player intends to live in Australia past his retirement then surely it makes more sense to stay here for less money now, crack into the rep arena and try to carve a name for yourself so that Aussie men will always buy you beers and Aussie companies will want your face plastered on their products or TV stations. I accept that arguement. However, I think it's worth remembering that these footy players are encouraged to leave "that side" of their careers to their managers to work out. It's a cruel stereotype but footy players sometimes don't come across as the sharpest tools in the shed. Now what's a manager likely to do when he is earning a cut of a player's contract. Tell him to accept a short term paycut and work really hard so that just maybe he will be set for life? Or, if the opportunity comes, take the big bucks now, while you still can, you might not get another chance like this... you see what I am saying? Let's pretend I am a professional dog sh1t collector in the local park, where I live. I have a manager to handle my business for me because let's face it, being a professional dog sh1t collector I have probably never seen the inside of a book in my life. I am happily collecting dog sh1t in the park one day, and the people who live there are cheerfully thanking me and telling me they'll buy me a beer at the pub later. Strangely, none of them want my autograph. My manager calls me on the phone and says, gUt, we have a situation. I've been told there's a vacancy in the Capital City Zoo to pick up after the elephants, rhinos, hippos and all the other animals. You will get to handle animal dung in front of literally hundreds of people every day, and what's more you'll get a huge boost to your income. You can either stay here and handle dog turds in this small park but be fondly remembered by the locals, or you can leave for the big smoke for better money but no one will know your name. Gasnier has chosen the elephant poo. [/QUOTE]

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