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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

  • 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.

  • I'm not suggesting our quick sample is representative of professional
    footballers but it seems that people move later in life rather than
    earlier and family life may restrict their later life choices.

    Also: I wish I earned 50k a year.

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