FIFA agrees to mandatory rest periods to help protect players from burnout | FIFA

Global Players League FIFPRO has achieved a major victory in the battle to protect top stars from damage and burnout, FIFA Agree to introduce the principle of mandatory rest periods.

After talking in New York on Saturday, Club World Cup Ultimately, involving FIFA President Gianni Infantino and senior FIFPRO officials, the world’s dominant body issued a statement saying that both sides reached a consensus that the gap between games this season would take 72 hours and a three-week period of summer break. FIFA launched an expanded 32-team club World Cup, which has raised new concerns about player benefits, with FIFPRO and the Association of Professional Football Players filing a lawsuit against the EU last year accusing FIFA of abuse of its dominance by expanding its fixed calendar without consulting.

On the eve of the U.S. Championship, FIFPRO released a list of demands for 12 new players’ health security measures, including mandatory four-week playoff breaks, mid-season breaks, mid-season breaks and workload restrictions for college players under the age of 18. Extend to 20 minutes. FIFPRO has not commented after Saturday’s meeting, but it is understood that FIFA believes the need for mandatory rest periods is an important first step.

“The conference addresses key issues regarding player health,” FIFA statement said. [men and women]This is a priority because it forms part of the International Labor Organization (ILO) framework for occupational risk prevention. FIFA and Players Union reviewed the upcoming joint projects involving world football management agencies and representative organizations of players, with a special focus on players’ rest and rehabilitation, as well as matches played in the context of an international game calendar [IMC].

“There is a consensus that there must be at least 72 hours of rest between games and that at the end of each season, players should have at least 21 days of rest/vacation. Each club and their respective players should manage this period separately according to their game calendar, taking into account the applicable collective agreement.

“In addition, a day off a week should be planned while managing it pragmatically. In addition, player travel, especially long-distance intercontinental travel, is discussed – climate conditions for the race should be considered when defining policies for the upcoming IMC.”

While FIFA’s statement acknowledges the need to strike a balance between clubs and international competitions, it also makes it clear that they will not retreat from the principle of creating more global events. “As for the game, FIFA and the Player Union reached the importance of achieving a proper balance between national team football and club football, as well as between domestic, mainland and global club competitions.

“It is important to create opportunities for players from all over the world to compete in top-tier games, which can improve global football development. In addition, providing more opportunities for players not at the highest international standards has also been identified as a priority.”

FIFPRO is waiting to discover whether the EU has taken its legal requirements as a test case, but the European Court of Justice last year was encouraged by the European Premier League ruling, which pointed out that European universities should claim to have a monopoly on organizational competition by claiming to abuse their historical dominance.