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Players, coaches (and fans) always (rightfully) cry about too many matches. So why are there no actual protests? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by BaguetteOfDoom@alien.top to c/talk@soccer.forum

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Whiney interviews won't change anything. But imagine all teams collectively boycotting an entire matchday. They just refuse to play. This would do huge damage to the leagues, UEFA, FIFA etc. And the clubs or associations can't just punish everyone. They rely on the players. Don't the players even have a union? So why is nothing like that happening? The only reason I can think of is that the pain isn't strong enough yet to actually act.

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[–] Responsible_Ad1940@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

money.

just look at the crazy amount of added time being added to each half. they only care about money.

do footballers have unions in different leagues?

[–] BadBassist@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

While I agree in general that there is a lot of money-grabbing going around, I'm curious why you think added time is a sympton of this? The reason given that it's trying to more accurately reflect time the ball is out of play and therefore give us more actual game time

I'm not saying you're wrong I just can't think of the connection