Yes, we love our sport!
There's big money to be made for those who are good enough to be chosen to play in those leagues over there. Lots of money. Nothing like here.

There's a very huge divide though between professional and amateur sportspersons. Same everywhere I suppose. Only a minority of people will make a lot money out of sport, the rest tend to have to struggle just to keep up with the cost of equipment and travel and just getting by from one event to the next. There is a lot of family input needed just to keep going. I thnk it's important that they don't crash and burn and that they have something else behind them to fall back on if it's needed.