I hear you. I've been in situations where I've been treated like a valuable member of a team, and others where you are just a number and reminded that you are easily replaced.No doubt. For me, personally, I struggle with the fact that I am just a number at work. They don't really care. It's plug-and-play. I try to accept it, go in, do my job, and go home, but for some reason, I can't. I want more from my job, but the reality is it's just a business, and everything will run fine and continue whether I am there or not.
Sometimes it's more than just the money.
I'm sure players feel the same way. I certainly would want to be on a team with a good culture that had a chance to win big.
Football being such a team game I'm not sure that individual accomplishments would matter that much.