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The “battle” between the professional football players and the FIFA it’s on for good. The… last straw was the expanded one Club World Cup, which will be held for the first time with the participation of 32 (!) teams in the summer of 2025 in the USA.
OR FIF Pro protests the extermination program and even filed a complaint against the World Football Federation.
Now, she has an important “paper” in her hands. Her report of the Belgian Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (KU Leuven), according to which the professional football fails to implement the required security standards and therefore violates legal frameworks both at European and global level.
This report will be submitted as evidence to the common complaint filed with European regulators against FIFA by FIFPRO Europe, the European leagues and LaLiga.
The major leagues blamed the FIFA for abuse regarding the impact of the expanding football calendar on player welfare.
OR research looked at the demands of professional gaming, particularly the stressors of a high-risk working environment, but also the legal obligations around health and safety standards.
“The report confirms that occupational safety and health (OSH) standards, as defined by European and international frameworks, are fully applicable to the professional football industry,” said Frank Hendrix, director of the labor law institute at KU Leuven.
“Recognized as workers under national, European and international labor law, professional footballers are entitled to the same principles as other workers. While the football sector needs a tailored approach, the specifics of the job or an employee’s income cannot be a reason to deny OSH standards,” he added.
The common complaint against her FIFA, filed in Brussels on October 14, claimed that the imposition of the world federation’s decisions on the international calendar constitutes an abuse of sovereignty and violates European Union law.
OR FIF Pro argued that demands such as the number of matches, travel, as well as extensive demands during tournaments, are not taken into account when drawing up the schedules and formats of the matches.
The research will also serve as evidence in a separate legal action against her FIFA filed by the Professional Footballers’ Association of England (PFA), France (UNFP) and Italy (AIC).
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