Canadian players say they are “tired” to have to fight “for just and equitable treatment”, and denounce the lack of consideration of the federation compared to the male team.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
The strike only lasted one day. Under the threat of legal action, the players of the Canadian Football Football team ended on Sunday, February 12, to the movement they had started to denounce the lack of financial means allocated to them and the inequalities between the women and men.
They will resume their training in the day for their Thursday match against the United States as part of the Shebelieves Cup and to prepare the World Cup, which will take place this summer.
The federation “Canada Soccer told us that [it] considered our union action as an illegal strike,” they wrote in a statement. The players faced “legal measures” to “force them to return to the field” and several “millions of dollars in damages”.
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Unable to “allow” to take such “risks”, the female team has therefore renounced its movement, while judging that the budget cuts were “unacceptable” and that in the absence of collective action “Nothing will change [it] never”.
“for a fair and equitable treatment”
Like the Danes six years ago, Canadian players say they are “tired” to have to fight “for just and equitable treatment”, and denounce the lack of consideration of the federation compared to the male team.
According to the team captain, Christine Sinclair, in 2021, the Federation granted more than $ 11 million Canadian dollars (just over 7 million euros) to the men’s team, compared to around 5 Million to the women’s team, while the previous year, the amounts were almost identical: just over $ 3 million for men and 2.8 million for women.
For their part, the players, who played the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, said “supporting the players in their approach. “The way Canada Soccer allocates or uses funds is not clear,” they deplore a press release.