The fallout from Luis Rubiales’ unacceptable actions between Spain winning the Women’s World Cup final on Aug. 20 and today will continue for a long time to come. So too will the accusations and counter-accusations. But the way in which Spain’s World Cup-winning women, their colleagues and union representatives have acted, and what they’ve already gained, might well be the single most important, impressive and impactful group action by footballers in the modern history of their sport.
To be clear: I’m talking all football, men’s or women’s.
Jenni Hermoso, Aitana Bonmati, Alexia Putellas, Olga Carmona and Cata Coll, plus their Futpro Union, have potentially catalysed a seismic impact — one that should get every single professional footballer, male or female, thinking very hard indeed about how they approach such conflict in their careers from now on. Even with a huge amount of the objectives set by Spain’s…
