Liverpool v Everton [R]

[quentinc]

I was wondering this as well...you'd think the club would have some sort of clause, if not outright legal grounds, to terminate a player's contract in situations like this.
This question leads to another I've been wondering about. Is there any sort of organized players union, such as in American sports, that represents players? I doubt that such a thing as a "loyalty clause" would be brought upon voluntarily by the club investors.

[655321]

This question leads to another I've been wondering about. Is there any sort of organized players union, such as in American sports, that represents players?

I know there's the Player's Association, but I couldn't tell you how indendent they are from the FA.

[Matt Clark]

The Professional Footballer's Association (http://www.givemefootball.com/) represents playerrs from all 92 league clubs in any matters that require representation of the kind a Union would offer.

With regard to a player being sacked by claiming they are not fit when the club doctors say they are ... imagine if that happened at your work. A company cannot force an employee back to work simply because the company doctor says he is fit to do so. Were that permissable, it would lead to all manner of abuses.

Add to that the high-stakes nature of this particular situation (if sacked, Kewell and his agent would miss out on two years' worth of £65k a week wages minimum) and you've got yourself a court case from hell.

[655321]

The Professional Footballer's Association (http://www.givemefootball.com/) represents playerrs from all 92 league clubs in any matters that require representation of the kind a Union would offer.

But how indepent are the from, say, FA "lobbyists" (if you will)?? Not doubting you, but I wonder (strictly out of ignorance) which side are they on, in terms of $$$??

With regard to a player being sacked by claiming they are not fit when the club doctors say they are ... imagine if that happened at your work. A company cannot force an employee back to work simply because the company doctor says he is fit to do so. Were that permissable, it would lead to all manner of abuses.

Agreed...

Add to that the high-stakes nature of this particular situation (if sacked, Kewell and his agent would miss out on two years' worth of £65k a week wages minimum) and you've got yourself a court case from hell.

Yep...and my questions could be making it seem like I think something of that nature might happen. It just seems strange to me that a player and his manager would have that sort of move without any given club being in the possession of something to strike back with.

[usscouse]

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[liverbird]

If you didn't know, It's on TV tonight Wednesday.
5 o'clock tonight and again at 8pm PST

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