There is your answer, but i dont think its accurate.I dare say it all revolves around babies - ie MAKING a family. The below article accompanies this theory perfectly. was from earlier this year i believe.
Perhaps they are having fertility issues and he wants to commit to that?
Rance is a smart cookie, but his attitude that whatever he is doing has to be 100% or nothing is REALLY unhealthy & suggest a bit of OCD or something. Its all about balance mate. Being a great dad is being there for them, but also being the a role model. Being a dad is a lot like being a footy captain. You lead with your voice, but you mostly lead by leading on the field and setting the example. NOTHING parents your child better than them seeing your commitment, ethos, pathos etc & your ability to influence the lives of those around you. I think the club is holding off on Rance as they believe he is making a terrible decision for himself and setting himself up for VERY unrealistic expectations of what being a leader, father etc etc etc really is. It's common, but with someone with OSD, or possible manic behaviour -to always be giving up the biggest thing in your life for the next "biggest thing in your life" - its not sustainable.
This Is Why Richmond's Alex Rance Is Putting Fatherhood On Hold (For The Moment) — The Father Hood
Professional sportsman, educator, children's book author. AFL star Alex Rance is a busy man, which is why he's not quite ready to be a dad
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......Given these extracurricular pursuits are squarely focused on generation next, you’d assume they were inspired by Rance’s experiences as a dad. But the 29-year-old doesn’t have any kids. Yet.
“I’d love to be a dad one day, Rance admits. “But probably the reason why I haven’t had kids yet, is because of my lifestyle. Right now, I’m not emotionally available enough to be able to provide for them.”
Life as an elite sportsman, he believes, requires a one-track mindset if you truly want to excel. “As a professional athlete, it’d be hard to be everything that you want to be as a dad. As an athlete, to be great you have to be very selfish. You can’t go out when you want to go out, you can’t eat whenever you want to eat. You’re not as flexible as what you’d like to be.”
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And I think that’s probably the reason why I’m waiting to have kids. If my son or daughter grew up and didn’t become an upstanding member of society, I would like to think, ‘Well, I’ve done everything within my power as a father to help them be a good person – it was just bad luck or a bad association or whatever. But I’ve tried my very best to be a good role model and a good dad. That’s why I’ll wait to have kids, just so that I can say that I’ve given everything to my family.”
It’s this single-minded commitment that’s propelled Rance to the top of the game. He made the All-Australian team for the first time back in 2014 to fulfill a life-long dream. But having spent years working relentlessly towards that goal, he found he was still curiously dissatisfied once he achieved it. “I thought to myself: ‘Why aren’t I happy?’,” he recalls.
That experience triggered a bout of soul-searching in which Rance considered leaving the game. But when he reflected on what he’d miss most about playing footy, he realised it was the chance to act as a mentor and pass things onto his younger teammates. “And that’s what really led me down the path of becoming an educator.”
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