So, is success or health more important in life? Cook's article highlights many players who are unhappy with the outcome of their lives after football. This makes me realize that players are too involved in the successes they achieve at such a young age, that they don't stop to think about their future. Lindsay and Martin also show how players put the game before themselves and love the positivity they get from putting their lives on the line. The players' fifteen minutes of fame are more important than the life that awaits them once they can no longer play. Are money and wealth more important than an individual life? Lindsay, Martin and Cook raise these questions