According to a report from Sky News, UK, each football club can sign up 250 players for their individual academies in the UK. Out of this, less than 0.5% of those who enrol in academies at the age of nine will, however, ever make a living playing the sport (Kelner, 2021). Recent accounts of football players quitting the sport for a variety of causes, including injuries, burnout, personal issues, etc., make it important to look into and develop alternative strategies for helping these players who fall short of the highest levels. The numerous expectations placed on these young athletes by their coaches, parents, teammates, and the system itself are evidence that success is of the utmost significance in their environment (e.g., sport- and school-related workloads, pressure from significant others). Negative adjustments are to be anticipated when athletes are unable to handle these demands, such as loss of motivation and exhaustion, which may result in decreased performance and sport dropout (Isoard-Gautheur et al., 2016). To ensure that all players have a bright future, it is the responsibility of both the academies and the bodies that oversee sport to create a systematic development plan that maintains a healthy balance between academics and sports. The story of Ashley from the same Sky sports report (Kelner, 2021) serves as a reminder of the value of striking a balance between education and sports in order to assure secure career prospects. He states, "I realised very quickly that I'm no longer in this world. I'm in a completely different world, a world where I don't know how to make a CV, I don't know how to apply for jobs." He further states, "I don't know how to do anything along those lines apart from playing football. It was a really dark time and the lack of support from anybody in the industry was really scary." As seen by the number of players that play football for a living, this is not only the narrative of Ashley, but of many other athletes.