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The Canadian Soccer Players Association sent out a press release today summarizing some answers to frequently asked questions to them over the last week. Here’s the high level summary:
The interim deal is only an attempt to address the Canadian Soccer Association’s failure to pay the players anything for 2022. It does not solve the deeper issues which led to the labor action, and although those negotiations have been ongoing since January 2022, there is still a lot of work to be done.
The players see the new President of Canada Soccer Charmaine Crooks as the “old guard” as she was on the board when the Canada Soccer Business deal was signed in 2018 and has appeared allied with Nick Bontis. They haven’t seen anything in the past to suggest she was working to promote the Women’s National Team’s interests.
The three main issues that are holding up the deal on the players side are:
1. The persistent failure by Canada Soccer to make proper financial disclosure to the…
