McRamFan Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25418135 Football faces a legal challenge that could result in the end of transfer fees and have as big an impact on the game as the landmark Bosman ruling. World players' union Fifpro claims the existing transfer system contravenes law and infringes footballers' rights. [indent] “The transfer system fails 99% of players around the world, it fails football as an industry and it fails the world's most beloved game” [/indent] Philippe Piat Fifpro president And it is preparing to challenge the system in the European courts. "Footballers are workers, and only when they enjoy the rights enjoyed by all will Fifpro be satisfied," said the union's president, Philippe Piat. The Frenchman added his organisation would not "stand by and watch from the sidelines as football players' rights around the world are systemically disrespected and the football industry dismantles itself". If successful, the move could allow players to serve notice on their contracts as other workers can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRamFan Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Imagine Billy's desk the first Monday morning after it became law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 No transfer fees = more wages = more wags = more stupid people = more spit roasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I would like to know how clubs would protect their investments then! It'll be thrown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Not a visually-challenged player's chance in Forest that this will get anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwram1973 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 So why does it infringe their rights now but it didn't 60 years ago?? Euro nutters at it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I would like to know how clubs would protect their investments then! It'll be thrown out. That's the problem with the present situation. These are not investments, they are people, albeit rough approximations of people in one or two cases. It isn't the player that's bought and sold. William wilberforce saw to that little arrangement. It's the contract. Up to now, the agreement to honour a playing contract is partly tacit, partly enforced by governing body rules. Tacitly, a player foregoes notice periods and such things in order for the perk of playing a game for a living. FIFA et al enforce rules that limit the number of clubs a player can play for in a given period, which circumvent the notion of a notice period. Possibly because they know that any legal challenge to the nature of a playing contract is virtually guaranteed to succeed. Notice periods work both ways, of course. The result will be greater insecurity for most players, even greater riches for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I see this from the Will Hughes and Derby point of view. Or at least I'd like to see how in any way this could be any good for Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntB Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Agreed , a handful of clubs will just be able to get all the decent players and feck the rest , almost no point in having an academy as any decent players will just go for nowt !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 So why does it infringe their rights now but it didn't 60 years ago?? Euro nutters at it again. World Players Union, not European. Basically it ain't going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's inevitable. There's no justification for contracts as they are now. Boatman nailed the restraint of trade, now the right to leave a contract enjoyed by other workers. There are opportunities too. Central or regional academies, not attached to any club. Lot's of free talent for clubs with a reputation for playing youngsters. University football programmes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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