US EditionSources: FIFA omitted FIFPRO from welfare talks
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, JUL 13 – FIFA excluded the global players' union representing 66,000 athletes from a summit on mandatory rest periods amid criticism over player welfare and the Club World Cup schedule.
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The Club World Cup has continued to focus on the debate about the burden on football players. FIFA is now discussing the issue with players' unions – but the international trade union FIFPRO is not inviting them.
A FIFA meeting with players’ unions from the five continents held on Saturday afternoon and to which the international association that brings them all together (Fifpro) was not invited has sparked a trade union conflict in the hours leading up to the closing of the Club World Cup. Fifpro’s European division, together with the European leagues, lodged a complaint with the European Commission against the new tournament and since then the relation…
There is tension between the International Football Association Board, FIFA, and the international players' union, Fifpro.
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