I think you've been had on the Skando kidney.

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Stuart Fielden is now killing it as a personal trainer too.

Jamie Foster now owns and works in a successful barbers

One of the requirements of playing for Bradford in those days was that you attended a food hygiene course run by Brian Noble. Aside from Rugby league and policing the streets, it’s his biggest passion.

It’s one of the reasons Jamie Peacock went to Leeds. He had a disagreement with Noble arguing the regulations didn’t go far enough on the kind of hand soap you can use in food prep.

Although you are right, most of us need a plan for if we become unable to work. However, we hope that the day will never arrive and that we will, one day be able to retire.
For professional sportsmen and women, it's not a maybe.
There career will hopefully wind down as their bodies get older and they lose their pace/strength but, it will happen, probably in their mid 30's and every player should be thinking about what comes next.
A select few will be able to stay in the game in coaching or management but, the vast majority will have to get a "proper" job at some point.

Perhaps this is why we see a growing number of tv channels showing football & football discussion & highlight programmes in order to provide jobs for ex players.