Leeds Rhinos - southstander.com • OUT 2022 | Luke Gale - Hull FC
exiledrhino wrote:
Why is it disgusting? Chasing your dreams requires sacrifice. There's zero money in the game and Leeds are a huge part of keeping it going through the academy. But to play for the rhinos is a privilege, not a right. We're at the end of a global pandemic, where the club has just lost millions.
Unfortunately, professional sport is a business, paying first teamer their market rate over paying an academy player is what brings revenue into the club in the first place.
Hopefully once all has settled down, the club will be able to pay their academy players something for playing.
On the LG issue, writing has been on the wall. Barely played last season, and was shocking when he did! Right call by the club, and can hopefully focusing on retaining our excellent young players who are OOC next season.
Genuine question - do any clubs pay Academy players? Be it wages or refund all expenses or whatever it might be?
I don't know the set ups well enough but there is something heartbreaking about these lads paying for the privilege of being elite young players in a professional sport.
Statistics: Posted by FearTheVee — Mon Nov 08, 2021 2:52 pm — Replies 114 — Views 7516