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So expecting a youngster to get up and away from their support structures is not really fair.
Bit apples and oranges though? Comparing a small number of talented footballers who would be living their dream and possibly en route to a 7 figure salary to a pool of hundreds of thousands of dull green graduates chasing the equivalent of £50k/year.
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So expecting a youngster to get up and away from their support structures is not really fair.
I know there's talk, a single article in the guardian today, about how young people need to experience stress to build resilience, but picking them up and throwing them into a situation like this could be detrimental to their life and career.
Tl;Dr : that Spartan mythology body sending kids out to kill at 11 has a lot to answer for