The row between FIFA and the global players’ union FIFPro over football’s “congested calendar” has caused what appears to be a “complete breakdown in cooperation between the two organisations,” according to Matt Slater of THE ATHLETIC. The inaugural version of the men’s Club World Cup is being staged in the U.S. next summer, but FIFA has “still not announced any broadcasting or sponsorship deals for the month-long event.” Last week, La Liga President Javier Tebas called on FIFA to “scrap” it. There is “no prospect of FIFA heeding his advice, however.” Slater noted there is also “very little chance of FIFPro being able to stop the 2025 Club World Cup, either,” but the dispute between governing body and union is “getting in the way of other joint ventures.” In 2020, FIFA reached an agreement with FIFPro to establish the FIFA Fund for Football Players. FIFA allocated $16M to the fund over four years and has “already paid out partial compensation packages to more than 1,000 players.” But the final $5M instalment “has not arrived, leaving 420 players waiting to find out if they will receive any compensation at all.” The highest individual payout is “only about” $20,000, with the average being $9,000 (THE ATHLETIC, 10/22).
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