2023-09-07 06:45:21
the conquest of Australia and New Zealand World Cup and the non-consensual kiss from Luis Rubiales to Jenni Hermoso have placed Spanish women’s football in the showcase like never before. That doesn’t mean that your problems have been fixed; if anything, it’s been zoomed in and its shortcomings look bigger. There were celebratory confetti, then a #Metoo with worldwide projection that doesn’t stop and, now, the new season of the F Leagueone enters the scene strike. There is no agreement on the improvement of the players’ agreement and except for a last minute pirouette, the first day, which should open this Friday with Sevilla-UDG Tenerife, will not be played.
The women’s league I had to start measuring the scented effects of the World Cup. Everyone estimates that there will be more attendance at the stadiums, more television audiences, more recognition of the soccer players, more attraction for the brands… And yet, finding out the impact of soccer glory will have to wait for who knows when. In the protest framework in which the players find themselves, the first day can be considered suspended and the second is in danger after the failure of the long negotiations carried out this Wednesday.
economic dissensions
Parallel to the Rubiales case, with its daily convulsions, runs a pulse between the employers of the championship and the union bank formed by FUTPRO, AFE, Futbolistas ON, UGT and CC.OO. All the meetings, including mediation, have essentially served to verify that consensus is difficult as a sincere apology from Rubiales.
The discrepancies center on the economic aspect. The soccer players claim to go from the current gross 16,000 euros to a minimum of 23,000 euros for this season, 25,000 the following and reach 30,000 euros for the 2024-25 season.
The employer that directs Beatriz Alvarez Mesa it offered improvements in terms of conciliation and maternity, such as aid for the care of the children of soccer players during training. It also proposed aid for the training and professional development of soccer players, creating a fund to pay for their university studies and programs that guarantee their training in various fields. All this was demanded by the unions.
But there has been no white smoke about the money to be received. Álvarez detailed his proposals after confirming the break: “On Tuesday we proposed reaching 25,000 euros in four seasons, on Wednesday, in three. Finally we saw some proposal from the unions to be able to reach an agreement for one season and unblock the situation.”
“We have carried out this exercise of responsibility with the clubs, proposing this season to make an effort to reach 20,000 euros and add some variables that could bring us closer to the request of the unions to reach 23,000. Up to here we can go, which we cannot it is not being responsible when it comes to making the competition viable. There are clubs that cannot assume more”, he said. The dissent, therefore, seems to be limited to 3,000 euros.
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The unions offered their reading of the divorce. “The new proposal for League F has been consulted with the players and it still does not live up to what they deserve. Their proposal is 20,000 this year without retroactivity with the possibility of reaching 23,000 if there are benefits from television rights,” exposed the AFE, which underlined the requests of the players. “The unions have proposed 23,000 euros, with the possibility of reaching 25,000 if there are benefits from television rights, but the employers have rejected it and in the end there has been no agreement.”
⚽ The unions reject the new proposal of the #LeagueF and keep the strike
➡ The entity chaired by Beatriz Álvarez “will not give in to pressure or accept proposals that lead to economic collapse” https://t.co/bYn8hKLHGY
– EP Sports (@EPdeportes) September 6, 2023
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The clubs and the F League allege a “very complex economic situation” to fully meet the union demands to reduce “the existing wage gap” compared to men’s soccer, which has a minimum wage by agreement of around 180,000 euros. “We have done our accounts and in the proposal of 20,000 we do not have all the clubs alienated. Not even all the clubs have the facility to reach that. We do not want a strike, but sustainability is above,” he told the media. Álvarez, who described the strike “as a shot in the foot. A strike that seriously damages the image of Spanish women’s football.”
In this irascible climate, of confrontations and instability, the F League has found that it has not been able to take advantage of its World Cup glory through sponsors. They are not reaching domestic competition and the bosses attribute this to all the noise generated by the Rubiales scandal and the lack of peace with the unions.
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