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Planning for Life After Football

Discipline 8: Career & Professionalism — Lesson 5 of 12
Lecturer: Rachel Osborn

Waiting until retirement to start planning is starting too late. This session covers building a second interest while you're still playing, talking to former players honestly, and setting a rough retirement timeline before it's forced on you.

The three rules

1. Start building a second interest now.
2. Talk to former players honestly.
3. Set a rough retirement timeline.

*The full breakdown — citations, the lecturer's own story, and the discipline's quiz bank — is part of the Spy Academy programme.*

Published version 2 · Updated 2026-09-29T19:40:09.941048+00:00