Should sporting clubs ensure that players have a job?

Question

Is the onus on sports administrators to see that retiring players of any code have something to fall back on, when their time is up ?

Answer 1

no

its a simple case of people must be responsible for there own actions

it seems a lot of footy players don't have much in the brains department

Answer 2

No.  Professional athletes make enough that the clubs shouldn't have to worry about their retired players' futures.  If they can't live on their prior earnings for a few years until they get a real job, then they've really made some bad decisions.  That isn't the club's fault.  It may suck but you can work at McDonald's and survive.  Pro athletes are no exception.