Has anyone read FIFPro Black Book Eastern Europe? Is it worth the time, or, is it more along the lines of "Don't bother, it's common knowledge" stuff?
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"The findings in the report are based on data collected within the project Black Book Eastern Europe.
This project tries to determine the range and extent of the problems currently existing in professional football in that part of the world. The questionnaire was designed by the FIFPro (Task Force Group for Eastern Europe) and translated into the national languages of all the participating countries.
The players’ unions from 15 Eastern European countries were invited to participate and, as such, copies of the questionnaire were sent to all of them. Data collection took place in September and October 2011 in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
Conclusions
The FIFPro Black Book Eastern Europe has a very clear message: for hundreds of professional footballers in Eastern Europe, their dream of making a career in football has turned into nothing short of a nightmare. They don’t receive their salaries they are physically and mentally abused and have to be on their guard against falling into the hands of criminals. A judge in Croatia recently compared the situation to that of slavery. That’s how bad things are.
Facts & Findings:
92.9% of payments are delayed because no money is available to the clubs.
Almost every sixth player has been forced to train alone (15.6% of the respondents). The most common reasons for training alone were that the club wanted to end the contract or players did not agree to sign a new contract with the club.
11.9% of respondents are saying that they have been approached to consider fixing the result of a match and more than twice of them 23.6%) are also aware of match fixing that took place in their league.
The records show that a staggering 94% of football players in Montenegro do not get their salaries on time and two thirds of the respondents from Greece (67.5%).
In the Czech Republic there are 18.4% of respondents writing that they have been bullied or harassed, most of them by a coach (62.2%).
More than every third player in theCzech Republic (36.5%) reports being a victim of racism or other forms of discrimination, in most cases caused by supporters (83.7%)
34.3% respondent in Kazakhstan has been approached to consider fixing the result of a match, in Greece almost every third player (30.3%). Almost half of the respondents from Russia (43.5%) are aware of match fixing in their league.
Insufficient financing of the clubs is the widest spread problem in the region. The case to highlight is the one of Adis Stambolija, Croatian first national league player, who has not been receiving wages, nutrition expenses and apartment rents, for more than consecutive 9 months. He also had to sleep in a locker room, because he had no money for fuel and apartment rents.
Boban Dmitrovic: ‘Matches in Serbia are fixed’
"...In all cases, the clubs agreed on the outcome of the match. Right before the match, a note was handed to the players. They had to cooperate, because their careers would be jeopardized.
The referees always knew what was going on. When something would not go according to plan, the referees took controversial decisions to enable the clubs to achieve their desired result."
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Worth a read? I need to poo.
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"The findings in the report are based on data collected within the project Black Book Eastern Europe.
This project tries to determine the range and extent of the problems currently existing in professional football in that part of the world. The questionnaire was designed by the FIFPro (Task Force Group for Eastern Europe) and translated into the national languages of all the participating countries.
The players’ unions from 15 Eastern European countries were invited to participate and, as such, copies of the questionnaire were sent to all of them. Data collection took place in September and October 2011 in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
Conclusions
The FIFPro Black Book Eastern Europe has a very clear message: for hundreds of professional footballers in Eastern Europe, their dream of making a career in football has turned into nothing short of a nightmare. They don’t receive their salaries they are physically and mentally abused and have to be on their guard against falling into the hands of criminals. A judge in Croatia recently compared the situation to that of slavery. That’s how bad things are.
Facts & Findings:
92.9% of payments are delayed because no money is available to the clubs.
Almost every sixth player has been forced to train alone (15.6% of the respondents). The most common reasons for training alone were that the club wanted to end the contract or players did not agree to sign a new contract with the club.
11.9% of respondents are saying that they have been approached to consider fixing the result of a match and more than twice of them 23.6%) are also aware of match fixing that took place in their league.
The records show that a staggering 94% of football players in Montenegro do not get their salaries on time and two thirds of the respondents from Greece (67.5%).
In the Czech Republic there are 18.4% of respondents writing that they have been bullied or harassed, most of them by a coach (62.2%).
More than every third player in theCzech Republic (36.5%) reports being a victim of racism or other forms of discrimination, in most cases caused by supporters (83.7%)
34.3% respondent in Kazakhstan has been approached to consider fixing the result of a match, in Greece almost every third player (30.3%). Almost half of the respondents from Russia (43.5%) are aware of match fixing in their league.
Insufficient financing of the clubs is the widest spread problem in the region. The case to highlight is the one of Adis Stambolija, Croatian first national league player, who has not been receiving wages, nutrition expenses and apartment rents, for more than consecutive 9 months. He also had to sleep in a locker room, because he had no money for fuel and apartment rents.
Boban Dmitrovic: ‘Matches in Serbia are fixed’
"...In all cases, the clubs agreed on the outcome of the match. Right before the match, a note was handed to the players. They had to cooperate, because their careers would be jeopardized.
The referees always knew what was going on. When something would not go according to plan, the referees took controversial decisions to enable the clubs to achieve their desired result."
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