they may also be earning more with their Handy Club and winter team and be quite happy
More than a $60k+ A-League minimum?
TBF, If some of these guys are working professional jobs as well as playing part time , they might be taking a pay cut turning that down and potentially losing the chance to advance their off field careers if they never progress beyond 'squaddie' at the Nix. Then again, maybe none of them are in that camp and I'm just talking bollocks.