Do a lot AFL or VFL players have careers related to AFL or VFL?
Not necessarily. In the football club I play with, there are a number of players that are either studying or have a diverse range of career paths. In our team at Telstra Dome, other than the CEO who played for Carlton and later became the president of Carlton, there is no other person involved in an elite level of football. The AFL has introduced the Next Goal program which offers employment and a career direction to AFL players at the conclusion of their playing career. This perhaps explains the trend of ex-AFL players going into coaching or administrative type roles.
