Posted August 20, 2025 08:10
· last edited August 20, 2025 08:11
their CB was an engineer by day.
Someone else said it.
A league wages have reduced. Now a development league with CCM and Nix operating models. Gap to NPL is marginal.
NPL guys are men not boys.
If you have a brain and can earn $150k - $200k as an engineer including part time payments why play professionally for half that amount if you are older than 23.
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martinb
I mean Heidelberg are part timers…but let’s not kid ourselves about semi-pro teams right? Remember how it worked for some in NZ?
They’re at the top of the next tier down, in a title dogfight at the end of their season, playing twice a week and definitely at the peak of their powers after beating WSW last week.
There’s part timers and then there’s a bunch of guys a hop, skip and a jump from being pros. Part timers doesn’t mean a social team. It’s likely their marquee players have ‘coaching’ roles and a bunch of others have flexibility with their employer or are employed in a club related business.
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Unknown editoredited August 20, 2025 08:11
their CB was an engineer by day.
Someone else said it.
A league wages have reduced. Now a development league with CCM and Nix operating models. Gap to NPL is marginal.
NPL guys are men not boys.
If you have a brain and can earn $150k - $200k as an engineer including part time payments why play professionally for half that amount?
M
martinb
I mean Heidelberg are part timers…but let’s not kid ourselves about semi-pro teams right? Remember how it worked for some in NZ?
They’re at the top of the next tier down, in a title dogfight at the end of their season, playing twice a week and definitely at the peak of their powers after beating WSW last week.
There’s part timers and then there’s a bunch of guys a hop, skip and a jump from being pros. Part timers doesn’t mean a social team. It’s likely their marquee players have ‘coaching’ roles and a bunch of others have flexibility with their employer or are employed in a club related business.