Well good news, he'll have a lot more time now to seek help. I get what you mean, it might be beneficial to not throw his life into disarray, but maybe it will remove him from some of the aspects that enabled, encouraged or exacerbated his habits. Players experience a lot of pressure whilst in the constant cycle of training, travelling and playing and may use gambling as a form of stress relief. If you're constantly in that cycle, there's going to be very little time to find the help and commit to it. Now he'll have the opportunity to do that and put measures in place to help safeguard him from it in the future.

He's admitted his issue, which is a very big first step to take, especially with the repercussions relating to his employment. He's young enough for this to not completely derail his career.