Spoke to his father today, and he told me he is going to join the fire brigade.
I expect there to be a few reasons, however if the kid has decided to stop playing footy to pursue a career in the fire brigade then he fair dinkum has rocks in his head. I see and deal with the firies regularly in my job and they are all great blokes and I dont mean to offend any firies or friends of on here but its far from the exciting career its made out to be. In fact I reckon it would be bloody boring.
Whilst the training is good, you can sleep on night shift and you get plenty of days off, in reality you get a half decent fire every few months and you get called out to so many crap nothing jobs that you have to get all geared up for. It astounds me how so many people apply for so few positions.
Think hard young Jack. You may regret this. First grade is just around the corner and with that comes money, women, fame etc. And that is something we have all dreamt of.