Coronavirus: Women's football faces 'almost existential threat', report says

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PARIS (AFP) - The coronavirus pandemic presents 'an almost existential threat' to women's football, according to a report by global players' union Fifpro published on Thursday (April 16).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic presents"an almost existential threat" to women's football, according to a report by global players' union Fifpro published on Thursday .

Fifpro has called for"special measures" to safeguard the women's game as it says its growth"is now at risk of receding. Without having secured solid structural foundations for long-term sustainability, some women's leagues and clubs are releasing players, cutting contracts and closing down." According to French players' union, the UNFP, only a third of female players in France wish to restart the season, with the rest insisting health matters should remain the priority.

 

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It's just football played by women. After this is over, there will still be football and there will still be women. And we still won't pay to watch them play so the salaries still won't go up and it'll still be business as usual, and you'll still whine all about it 🙄

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