Soccer players in Asia face uphill battle for their rights, says union


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Soccer players in Asia face uphill battle for their rights, says union Today 03:46 am JST By Brian Homewood BERN Soccer players in many parts of Asia face an uphill battle to ensure basic rights and the COVID-19 pandemic has made them especially vulnerable to wage cuts and redundancies, the global players' union FIFPRO said on Tuesday. Although players' rights are a concern worldwide, the problem is acute in Asia because of a lack of dialogue with federations and clubs, FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann told reporters in a conference call. "The unfortunate reality is that in many parts of...