I fully understand your point ST but having mooched around a lot of non league football in my younger days, I can tell you that money is a huge motivation .
Had I been good enough and committed enough to play at a full professional level, I'd have done exactly the same as these guys.
Many championship clubs pay half a million a year for some pretty mediocre players.
The championship average is £35k a week. £1.8 million a year.
That's the average, with some on more than double that.
I'm not suggesting Eaves is on that sort of money but I'd reckon at least £300,000 a year.
I'd sit on the bench for three seasons for a million quid.