Saturday Nov 2, 2024
Saturday Nov 2, 2024

World player union slams Korean soccer’s contract changes


Nepalnews
2021 May 12, 15:58, Kathmandu

International player union FIFPRO is ready to issue a formal complaint against South Korea’s soccer association and top-flight domestic league for agreeing on an “inexplicable” new standard contract without the consent of professional players.

FIFPRO issued a statement saying the agreement, which means that Korean players in the K-League would be obliged to move teams if another club offers better terms, is a violation of player rights.

“I’ve never heard of it elsewhere — a player not being able to decide where his future is — and I’ve been in football for a long time,” Jason Davidson, an Australian who plays for K-League club Ulsan Horangi, told the Associated Press on Wednesday. “The K-League should be aligned with everywhere around the world. It is a basic rule in any workplace that you can decide where you work and where you live.”

FIFPRO, which consists of 65 national players’ associations, said the KFA and the K-League did not engage with the Korean Pro-Footballers Association on the amendment of contract conditions, which was at odds with the regulations of soccer’s world governing body on the status and transfer of players.

READ ALSO:

football korean FIFA fifpro Asia domestic league players
Nepal's First Online News Portal
Published by Nepalnews Pvt Ltd
Editor: Raju Silwal
Information Department Registration No. 1505 / 076-77

Contact

Kathmandu, Nepal,


Newsroom
##

E-mail
nepalnewseditor@gmail.com

Terms of Use Disclaimer
© NepalNews. 2021 All rights reserved. | Nepal's First News Portal