They may have chosen sport voluntary but there’s no way they could be 100% that they would end up professional and millionaires. Especially given the numbers of talented players who fall by the wayside.
Sorry, still not feeling any sympathy for the poor things who made it to International level and got to the WC.
We are talking about one extra match which they knew there was a possibility of at the start of the tournament, not something they had sprung on them.
They are very wealthy professionals and tbh seemed to be able to put their stress behind them when they won.