An 8-M with 15 ‘mutinous’ footballers in the National Team and very suspicious movements

The referees and the referees starred last weekend in the start of the actions announced by the Real spanish soccer federation (RFEF) on the occasion of the Women’s Daywhich is held this Wednesday, March 8, and they led their matches with purple whistles, something they will repeat in the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Cup. These and other protest gestures would be very good if we were not talking about a federation in which some —and some— forget that there are 15 soccer players mutinieswilling to stay without going to a World Cup. His is a true claim and not a mere posturing, although it seems that the enemy has it at home.

“The union shown by the referees and the strategy they designed was key to achieving that increase so quickly. When a group fights all together, things are achieved.” If there was any doubt as to who was—and continues to be—behind the union futproThese statements by their president clear them up. “Whoever pays the referees is not the League, but the Federation. They asked to improve their conditions and made a break in the competition, and this makes the clubs lose a lot of money,” he adds. Amanda Gutierrez in an interview with The Newspaper of Cataloniawhere he once again does a disservice to the soccer players

Indeed, the Real spanish soccer federation (RFEF), and more specifically its general secretary, Andreu Camps, is the one who pulls the strings of Futpro. A union that came to fight for the rights of the players, but, whether due to ignorance, weakness or both, has become the instrument of rubiales to hinder the professionalization of women’s football, as it did in the negotiations of the I Collective Agreement when I was still in control Association of Spanish Soccer Players (AFE). Yes, paradoxically, Gutiérrez considers what the referees achieved a triumph, when what they actually did was harm the soccer players.

Thus, the question that arises is: In exchange for what Futpro goes hand in hand with Camps, to the point of hindering negotiations with the F League and even trying to break into men’s football by mixing the First, Second and Third Federation with the women’s First, Second and First National? Well, very simple. As highlighted iusport, with only 61 affiliates, as certified by the Higher Sports Council (CSD), this union received 125,000 euros of aid from the RFEF to unions and associations of football and futsal players for the 2022-2023 season.

Despite having only 61 affiliates, as certified by the CSD, the Futpro union received 125,000 euros of aid from the RFEF

The RFEF assured that the granting of these aids was carried out in accordance with the Code of Good Governance of the Spanish Sports Federations, approved by the CSDand of the Procedures manual of the RFEF itself for the distribution of subsidies. “The amounts allocated to each association derive from the program of activities presented by each of the unions and/or associations and when they are of a similar nature They will be proportional to the economic level of each competition and the number of existing licenses in each one of them”, could be read in its resolution. However, AFE was granted 360,000 euros when it has 13,266 members.

It’s more, in a similar call carried out by the CSD, futpro he did not receive a single euro, precisely due to its poor implementation, for the 418,674 euros that went to AFE, so the submission to the RFEF seems to be clear in exchange for what it is. It should be remembered that Amanda Gutiérrez already offered to participate together with Rubiales in the “historic agreement” for which “The RFEF equalizes the economic conditions of the women’s and men’s teams”. Something flatly false, with the soccer players not knowing where to look, but that most of the media bought, while the president of Futpro slipped out a revealing “thankful to Luis.”

Nurseries during training and trips with babies

“Access to nurseries during trainingthe possibility of travel with babyenable lactation rooms”, in addition to claiming that, in a situation of sexual harassment, “showing your face is not an option.” These and other claims by Amanda Gutiérrez look very good in an interview, but some not only seem ridiculous, but are currently unfeasible. To say that “We must take into account that the football career is short, which can coincide with your fertile stage of life and that the future is uncertain”, is not understanding the real situation of Spanish women’s football.

one thing is that the professionalization of the women’s league has been an effort of the Government, for which it has contributed around 30 million euros, and quite another that is already sustainable. Hence the slowness of the negotiations, not only between the unions and Liga F, but also between the unions themselves, since the fact that that the RFEF is trying to muddy the pitch, it only prevents agreements from being reached between those who must make a proposal. Ambitious, of course, but also realistic and in line with the situation of Spanish women’s football, far from where she would like to be at the moment.

By the way, it is already curious that Amanda Gutiérrez grants an interview and, not only do not defend at 15 mutinies of the Selectionbut, when asked about what happened in Canadasimply say that “I don’t know your laws, but in Spain the law obliges footballers to attend the call of the National Team”. The Catalan lawyer should know that, After the resignation of its president, Canada Soccer has reached an equal pay agreement after its internationals threatened a strike and are now negotiating an agreement with the support of the footballerssomething, by the way, that in Spain has also been conspicuous by its absence.

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Of course, the most suspicious thing comes when Amanda adds: “And if they don’t go to the Selectionmay be subject to economic sanctions and even the disqualification itself to practice their profession. In Canada it seems that the laws there (sic) establish the same thing and the federation is using these resources so that the soccer players return”. What Gutiérrez does not say is if this seems good or bad to him, perhaps because it is the only solution that is they raise in the RFEF, with which she has a direct connection through her countryman Camps.

is it also paving the way to Alexia Putellaswho, being injured, is not among the 15, but did support them publicly? This Wednesday comes another 8M full of claims, curiously most of them from those who have the power to change things, although in some matters they have made things worse. However, once again it is clear that what is important is not what is done for the gallery, but with all the consequences. As the soccer players have done mutinies, to which some suspicious movements lead to think that they are forced to return to the National Team by force. to time.

The referees and the referees starred last weekend in the start of the actions announced by the Real spanish soccer federation (RFEF) on the occasion of the Women’s Daywhich is held this Wednesday, March 8, and they led their matches with purple whistles, something they will repeat in the quarterfinals of the Queen’s Cup. These and other protest gestures would be very good if we were not talking about a federation in which some —and some— forget that there are 15 soccer players mutinieswilling to stay without going to a World Cup. His is a true claim and not a mere posturing, although it seems that the enemy has it at home.