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Male footballers concerned for safety amid ‘violent and abusive’ fan culture
The first ‘workplace safety report’ has highlighted the concerns of players, with a rise in high-profile incidents of violence across European football
www.theguardian.com
Highlights how strong the players’ representation is… and, in turn, highlights how weak referees’ representation is.
Having a proper union, and reports like this, will change things. For referees, all the time we have diminished rights, not unlike the previous experiences of zero hours contract workers, we will continue to suffer appauling working conditions - that no proper union would allow.