Toast Brad Crouch - Players voice.

[Bicks]

All the trials and tribulations Brad has been through just to play the game he loves.

http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/players-voice-brad-crouch/

 

[CrowinNT]

All the trials and tribulations Brad has been through just to play the game he loves.

http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/players-voice-brad-crouch/

Remarkable lad. We commented about how mentally tough it would have been for him
Let’s hope 2019 is a new beginning for him

 

[Bicks]

Reading that was hard knowing what Brad has been going through both mentally and physically and doubly disappointing now that some on here were suggesting he was less than diligent with his preparation, rehabilitation and recovery....they know who they are.

 

[FAITH]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

 

[Geoffa32]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

Could that be an extra burden.

Knowing you are being paid $500k a year yet not played a game or able to help the team out.


Yes you could say he could take a pay cut. However that would also be giving into that burden and a sign of losing that drive to recovery.

Not to mention there is no guarantee.of another contract after this one if his body cant come good.

Being injured that long with that kind of injury (ie no real one incident causing it) would be a real head ****.

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[boffo]

He's obviously not struggling financially but any player out of the game for an extended time is missing out on job satisfaction and all the emotional rewards you get from playing in a team.

They're all human beings susceptible to frustration, anxiety and depression.

 

[FAITH]

I've always said get the guys into real jobs even 2-3 days a week to see how the real world is.
Afl players are living in fairy land and it's not good for their mental state.

 

[Tex200]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

Right - so mental health is means tested? Good to know

 

[John Who]

Brad can be summarised in one sentence - blessed talent with a cursed body.

Fingers crossed the curse is exorcised!

 

[John Who]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

I think you're looking at it from a purely financial status.
Brad was talking about the physical disability when he said "doing it tough". It's a common theme for all those with chronic impairments. What good is $500K-550K, if you can't do the things you love?

 

[FAITH]

I think you're looking at it from a purely financial status.
Brad was talking about the physical disability when he said "doing it tough". It's a common theme for all those with chronic impairments. What good is $500K-550K, if you can't do the things you love?

As I said before, these guys need to get out in the real world to appreciate what they have in the afl world.
He's been in high school and then afl club land, he doesn't understand what real struggle is imo.

 

[ChilliP]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

Bit silly, making decent money just means you don't have to worry about money, but there's an infinite amount of other things a person can struggle with. Money doesn't buy happiness.

Being well paid would not stop the anxiety that comes from not being able to do what you are paid to do, so not knowing how long you will continue to get paid.

 

[John Who]

As I said before, these guys need to get out in the real world to appreciate what they have in the afl world.
He's been in high school and then afl club land, he doesn't understand what real struggle is imo.

I know what you're getting at. There's probably a lot more "tough life" examples than a footballer's perspective. Can't argue in this respect.

With Brad, it's a little bit different - recurring injuries every year since his selection at the Crows, surgery to correct a chronic condition at the age of 24.

Which is the harder life by the age of 24, a much lower income without physical complaints? or $500K income and suffering what Brad has to suffer with surgery thrown in for good measure?

Personally, I'd choose the life of average wage with typical life issues, than Brad's $500K life.

 

[Pea Nut]

Isn't he on 500k a year?

Doing it tough shouldn't be a term used with afl players, more so people struggling on $18 an hr putting food on the table for their kids.

He's talking from a footy perspective. He's a competitor and an athlete. He would be saying the exact same things if the AFL was an amateur league, or if he was playing country footy and getting paid $40 a game. As others have suggested, not everything is about money.

 

[MRB37]

As I said before, these guys need to get out in the real world to appreciate what they have in the afl world.
He's been in high school and then afl club land, he doesn't understand what real struggle is imo.

So being in so much pain you can't walk or get out of bed isn't a struggle?

 

[Mego Red]

I've always said get the guys into real jobs even 2-3 days a week to see how the real world is.
Afl players are living in fairy land and it's not good for their mental state.

Nah, I ciompletely disagree. He would have been followed by people asking him about when he's going to get off the injured list and start playing, and would struggle to avoid media and other flogs suggestibng that he's never going to amount to anything, that he's cooked and wasting the club's money.

Plumbers and accountants can easily earn $150k a year and not have to deal with any of that.

Brad plays footy for free - the money is to deal with everything else that surrounds modern AFL. And it's probably still not enough.

 

[FAITH]

Brad plays footy for free?
He was pretty willing to go to Essendon if the crows didn't come up with big money a few years back.
Afl is their job and personally I'd rather go through what Brad's been going through and get 500k a year than a factory worker who's back is shot, earning $18 an hour, 10 hour daily shifts, trying hard to keep his head above water.

Anyhow I've had my say.

I luv Brad, we can't win a premiership without him, so all the best to him.

 

[Bicks]

Brad plays footy for free?
He was pretty willing to go to Essendon if the crows didn't come up with big money a few years back.
Afl is their job and personally I'd rather go through what Brad's been going through and get 500k a year than a factory worker who's back is shot, earning $18 an hour, 10 hour daily shifts, trying hard to keep his head above water.

Anyhow I've had my say.

I luv Brad, we can't win a premiership without him, so all the best to him.

Bullshit!!

That was the likes of Sam Manure and the like trying to start a wildfire with rumour and innuendo and it was more so the Tigers than the Dons all stemming from the Tigers inquiring with Brad's manager as to his availability. They didn't get the answer they were looking for, end of story.

 

[King Elvis]

So being in so much pain you can't walk or get out of bed isn't a struggle?

Imagine that if you couldn't work, didn't earn, and didn't have a multi-million dollar organisation pouring money into you, to correct it.

It's all relative.

 

[WeeBlake]

Imagine that if you couldn't work, didn't earn, and didn't have a multi-million dollar organisation pouring money into you, to correct it.

It's all relative.

Exactly. None of us live in abject poverty in Sudan and so therefore should be always happy and emotionally stable.

 

[King Elvis]

Exactly. None of us live in abject poverty in Sudan and so therefore should be always happy and emotionally stable.

Touche

 

[FAITH]

Bullshit!!

That was the likes of Sam Manure and the like trying to start a wildfire with rumour and innuendo and it was more so the Tigers than the Dons all stemming from the Tigers inquiring with Brad's manager as to his availability. They didn't get the answer they were looking for, end of story.

Brad said it in 9news at the time that he would have no hesitation going to Melbourne if the right deal couldn't be agreed with afc.
He really doesn't care about playing with Matt either tbh.

 

[MRB37]

Imagine that if you couldn't work, didn't earn, and didn't have a multi-million dollar organisation pouring money into you, to correct it.

It's all relative.

I'm not saying he has it rougher than others, of course others are in worse positions than him, but to give him the "oh boohoo, you can't walk, but you make money so suck it up" shit is just plain being a jerk.

 

[Bicks]

Brad said it in 9news at the time that he would have no hesitation going to Melbourne if the right deal couldn't be agreed with afc.
He really doesn't care about playing with Matt either tbh.

If Brad in person had said something as open as that or had even hinted at it you would think it would have been reported on by every news outlet in Victoria and SA? We are talking Brad himself not the rumour Tom Rehn was peddling?

 

[FAITH]

If Brad in person had said something as open as that or had even hinted at it you would think it would have been reported on by every news outlet in Victoria and SA? We are talking Brad himself not the rumour Tom Rehn was peddling?

This was 3 years ago I think