he gamers’ union has said its “surprise” at FIFA’s resolution to announce an expanded Club World Cup.
A 32-team match was revealed by Gianni Infantino on Friday, talking forward of the World Cup ultimate in Qatar, though additional particulars had been skinny on the bottom.
FIFPRO launched their response later the identical day, making clear their frustration on the governing physique’s “unilateral” resolution to go public with the Club World Cup plans.
Moreover, critical issues have been raised over the welfare of gamers within the women and men’s video games given the idea comes amid enhanced plans for the Olympics and different championships.
It learn: “FIFPRO took note with surprise of today’s decisions by the FIFA Council concerning the international match calendars for men’s and women’s football that could have serious consequences for and aggravate pressure on the welfare and employment of players.
“Despite an understanding FIFPRO reached with FIFA last week that a joint negotiation of the international match calendar would take place before the FIFA Congress in March 2023, these decisions were taken unilaterally without seriously consulting, let alone agreeing, with the players.
“The announcements today of a new format for the Club World Cup as of 2025, new principles for the the Men’s and Women’s IMC post-2024 and 2023 respectively, including the ‘rolling over’ of the current women’s IMC into 2024/25 which will cause severe congestion during the Olympic competition year, have created new conditions, that further increase pressure on player workload and their job.
“Once again, decisions to scale competitions without implementing appropriate safeguards are short-sited and pay no attention to players’ health and performance.
“This decision once more shows that key stakeholders of the game are not being appropriately involved in decision making of football, even when it concerns the core of their fundamental rights.”
