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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 11 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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[–] risingstar3110@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

They do.

Players (mostly with the club backing) would ask to be absent from meaningless international games with lots of travels (and often being scolded for it). And most clubs sent out heavily weakened teams for competitions which they dislike.

Klopp for example often sent out academy team for the domestic cup, and once sent out an U16 team in domestic cup, cause his main team has to play in CWC within 24 hours