I would love to hear a club say they only signed a player because they liked his dad as a player and don't care how crap he might be as he was a lucky mascot as a kid.
Footballers are not horses, although a fair number are donkeys, and can do other jobs once they finish playing. They do not have a 10 to 15 year working life. They can work until they are 66+ like the rest of us have to. They do not need to earn enough to support them until they die of old age...
Its black like oil with an oil company sponsor just for your owner. All it needs is to be wiped with cows blood when we play you away to send him totally over the edge.