View Full Version : G-14 sues FIFA over player compensation
Matt Clark
06 Sep 2005, 10:55 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4219780.stm
Europe's elite clubs are suing Fifa after claiming they are failing to get proper compensation when players are away on international duty.
The G14 group - which has 18 members - has joined a case started by Belgians Charleroi, who want greater financial assistance in case players get injured.
Charleroi lost Abdelmajid Oulmers last November for eight months when he was injured playing for Morocco.
celito
07 Sep 2005, 05:02 PM
Screw the teams. They are greedy bastards. Deal with it !!!
Mar3k
07 Sep 2005, 07:04 PM
I thought clubs had insurance for players. i.e.: if the player gets injured the insurance company pays the salary
Morten M
08 Sep 2005, 11:34 AM
Screw the teams. They are greedy bastards. Deal with it !!!
Screw the national teams, the clubs have contracts with the players.
National team breaks are just ignoring breaks in the club calender.
Matt Clark
08 Sep 2005, 11:56 AM
I thought clubs had insurance for players. i.e.: if the player gets injured the insurance company pays the salary
Err ... no.
If a player is so badly injured that he must bring his career to a premature end, then the club to which he is contracted will usually be able to claim an insurance pay-out based on the fee they paid for him. But that's it. If a player gets injured on national duty then the club is goosed for the duration of his spell on the sidelines, paying his full salary irrespective of his not being available for them.
The raw reality is that national federations cannot afford to pay player salaries - particularly the lesser nations. Imagine Liberia's FA having had to pay Weah's Milan salary if he got injured playing for his country.
But equally, there is currently an imbalance in terms of the impact an injury has on the club and the country.
I know the normal argument levied here - if clubs didn't want their players to be injured on international duty, they shouldn't sign international players. Which is fair enough, except it's rather a chicken/egg argument. The club game, after all, breeds internationals. And the standard of highest excellence in football is the top level of the club game - the international game derives it's quality from the products of the club game, after all.
Currently, therefore, the club game provides all the quality and carries all the risk.