I accept those ideas Michael.Her body will not allow her to play much longer but...once she has stopped there will be no coming back and she still feels that there is unfinished business and still loves it.You can only live this type of life while you're young and have no responsibility. So instead of knocking her it is better to be supportive, hope she stays injury free for a time and ends her career feeling she has achieved what she realistically expected to, so she can look back with no regrets.
Emily has demonstrated an ability to organise herself in many different environments and many different cultures. She has demonstrated an ability to work hard and motivate herself, organise her own training schedule and overcome numerous disappointments setbacks that would stop a lesser person in their tracks. She has managed to do all this with few resources driven only by her own enthusiasm for the task in hand.
Mr. Cooper has demonstrated a willingness to be motivated by money.
If they both applied to you for a job which would you employ?