{"id":485556,"date":"2024-07-23T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=485556"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:06:56","slug":"leagues-and-players-union-to-sue-fifa-over-abuse-of-dominance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/leagues-and-players-union-to-sue-fifa-over-abuse-of-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Leagues and Players&#8217; Union to sue FIFA over &#8216;Abuse of Dominance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League, other top European leagues, and the global players&#8217; union Fifpro are set to launch legal action against FIFA, accusing the world governing body of &#8220;abuse of dominance&#8221; in football. The European Leagues, representing 39 leagues and 1,130 clubs across 33 countries, has announced plans to file a complaint with the European Commission to safeguard player welfare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">European Leagues and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFPRO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FIFPRO<\/a> Europe will jointly file a formal complaint to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EU_Commission<\/a> against FIFA regarding the international match calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Our joint statement \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pfmOC6tokn\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/pfmOC6tokn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d74TvUOBCW\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/d74TvUOBCW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 European Leagues (@EuropeanLeagues) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeanLeagues\/status\/1815688860136849553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Fifpro expressed concerns over the current international calendar, describing it as &#8220;beyond saturation,&#8221; &#8220;unsustainable for national leagues,&#8221; and a &#8220;risk for the health of players.&#8221; They criticized FIFA for prioritizing its own competitions and commercial interests over its responsibilities as a governing body, adversely affecting national leagues&#8217; economic interests and players&#8217; welfare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FIFA&#8217;s decisions over the last years have repeatedly favoured its own competitions and commercial interests, neglected its responsibilities as a governing body, and harmed the economic interests of national leagues and the welfare of players,&#8221; the statement read. &#8220;Legal action is now the only responsible step for European leagues and player unions to protect football, its ecosystem and its workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFPRO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFPRO<\/a> Europe and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeanLeagues?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EuropeanLeagues<\/a> will jointly file a formal complaint to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@EU_Commission<\/a> against FIFA regarding the international match calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Our joint statement \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qgLQaNvz6g\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qgLQaNvz6g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIFPRO (@FIFPRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFPRO\/status\/1815688313128280113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fifpro also highlighted FIFA&#8217;s refusal to include national leagues and player unions in its decision-making process, despite calls for a transparent process concerning the international match calendar.<\/p>\n<p>The European Leagues organization includes the English Football League, Scottish Professional Football League, Serie A, and the Bundesliga. La Liga, while not a member, is joining the legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League, other top European leagues, and the global players&#8217; union Fifpro are set to launch legal action against FIFA, accusing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":50071,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17367,23190],"news_category":[14235],"gn_keywords":[432,8245],"acf":{"announce":"The leagues and players are continuing their fight against the constantly expanding football calendar ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485557,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/485556\/revisions\/485557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485556"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=485556"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=485556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}