The question is framed incorrectly. When the choice is between country and club, moral dimensions cloud the issue. Patriotism enters the equation, and no one, least of all professional sportsmen, like to be called unpatriotic. ‘Club or country’ is a false choice, for put like that the answer is obvious. Especially for those otherwise unconnected with sport.
It is easy for those on the outside, with nothing at stake, to write or speak as if money didn’t matter and that no sportsman owed it to his family to give them a good standard of living or secure the
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