CassellsCap wrote:He was awesome against the spirerites home and away
Agreed He will always be remembered for that . Good luck Zander & thank you
CassellsCap wrote:He was awesome against the spirerites home and away
part time pete wrote:Sneag wrote:It's happened with full time pros 'retiring' then going on to play non league.
True an ex Liverpool full back went to play for Kidderminster in conference many years ago but when they got promoted to FL he couldn’t play for them
Jamie wrote:Wow I'm really shocked at that. If he can get fit and play in Scotland then hopefully he will. The fact he's off our books is good news for us.
Big yella wrote:Jamie wrote:Wow I'm really shocked at that. If he can get fit and play in Scotland then hopefully he will. The fact he's off our books is good news for us.
Why shocked? Both Rhys Day and Luke Jones did it upon retiring whilst at The Mill.
Jamie wrote:Big yella wrote:Jamie wrote:Wow I'm really shocked at that. If he can get fit and play in Scotland then hopefully he will. The fact he's off our books is good news for us.
Why shocked? Both Rhys Day and Luke Jones did it upon retiring whilst at The Mill.
Given I didn't know this was quite some common place, I think it is quite shocking and somewhat confusing. Certainly to someone whose had no exposure to sports insurance.
They are getting an insurance payout because they're retiring through injury. Which to most would suggest your paid off because you can't play or earn again from your trade. Yet apparently it's ok to get fit and play a couple of hundred miles up the road, still as a fully paid pro. Just seems odd that the insurance companies would allow this.
Its like telling your car insurance company your car is a write off, getting book value for it, when in fact it's still drivable, road worthy and you'll continue to use it. Obviously that isn't possible as they come evaluate the car. It's all just very odd and not how most people would assume insurance works. Maybe sports insurance is a lot more lenient than house/car/business insurance.
Jamie wrote:Big yella wrote:Jamie wrote:Wow I'm really shocked at that. If he can get fit and play in Scotland then hopefully he will. The fact he's off our books is good news for us.
Why shocked? Both Rhys Day and Luke Jones did it upon retiring whilst at The Mill.
Given I didn't know this was quite some common place, I think it is quite shocking and somewhat confusing. Certainly to someone whose had no exposure to sports insurance.
They are getting an insurance payout because they're retiring through injury. Which to most would suggest your paid off because you can't play or earn again from your trade. Yet apparently it's ok to get fit and play a couple of hundred miles up the road, still as a fully paid pro. Just seems odd that the insurance companies would allow this.
Its like telling your car insurance company your car is a write off, getting book value for it, when in fact it's still drivable, road worthy and you'll continue to use it. Obviously that isn't possible as they come evaluate the car. It's all just very odd and not how most people would assume insurance works. Maybe sports insurance is a lot more lenient than house/car/business insurance.
Rob wrote:part time pete wrote:Sneag wrote:It's happened with full time pros 'retiring' then going on to play non league.
True an ex Liverpool full back went to play for Kidderminster in conference many years ago but when they got promoted to FL he couldn’t play for them
Wasn't there a famous keeper that did the same? I think his club ended up paying the money back to he could play in the league - was it the R&D keeper?
gazza1988 wrote:Think of it as career insurance. Their career is PROFESSIONAL footballer. Anything National league and below is considered semi-professional (or lower), whether a club is ran as a professional club is irrelevant.
A player retires from professional football and get a payout because they aren't able to play professionally anymore. Should they join a club and gain promotion to a professional league then they can resume as a professional player but would have to return the payout they received. I guess because they claimed on the pretence that they can't play anymore and now can that it is viewed as a kind of fraud?
Jamie wrote:gazza1988 wrote:Think of it as career insurance. Their career is PROFESSIONAL footballer. Anything National league and below is considered semi-professional (or lower), whether a club is ran as a professional club is irrelevant.
A player retires from professional football and get a payout because they aren't able to play professionally anymore. Should they join a club and gain promotion to a professional league then they can resume as a professional player but would have to return the payout they received. I guess because they claimed on the pretence that they can't play anymore and now can that it is viewed as a kind of fraud?
So how does that work for players who have apparently gone to Scotland? Were they not professional then?
Rob wrote:Jamie wrote:[quote="gazza1988]
A lot of Scottish league teams are amateur or semi-pro (many would say like their national team ).[/quote]
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