In a busy soccer season when players have talked of going on strike, their union teamed up with domestic leagues to go to the European Union yesterday with a long-promised challenge to FIFA about how it adds new and bigger men’s competitions.
The European division of player union FIFPRO and the 33-nation European Leagues group filed a formal complaint on competition grounds alleging FIFA fails to consult properly on commercially-motivated decisions.
FIFA previously suggested there was hypocrisy in European soccer, which sees clubs play lucrative offseason games worldwide, while it had a global duty to protect and develop the game. MDT/AP
