From the player to the voice: how ex-professionals fight for unity in football!
From the player to the voice: how ex-professionals fight for unity in football!
The world of professional sport is often in the light of the public, but there is a lot to look at behind the scenes. 90 minutes of life, a former football professional who has been committed in a player union since he was 18. His father was a works council for 20 years, so he recognized the importance of voice and cohesion early on. As a active player representative for nine years, Hinum experienced the challenges and opportunities of football first -hand.
The union, in which Hinum is active, aims not to work against the Bundesliga or the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB), but to act with these institutions. A large part of his work is to present the union and explain their benefits to the players and their representatives. Especially during transfer phases, when the working week in the union is particularly intense, the importance of Hinum's commitment is shown.
The challenges of professional sport
In professional sports, athletes are often alone and fight against a variety of challenges. According to a report by Deutschlandfunk, there are only a few athletes who are among the great earners. The working conditions are often precarious and require a high degree of resilience. Benno Möhlmann, one of the founders of the Association of Contract Football players (VDV), initiated the platform to promote the exchange among players and strengthen their rights. He sees similarities between the tasks of his association and a union, but without explicitly define himself as such.
Johannes Herber, Managing Director of Athletes Germany, also attaches importance to improving the framework conditions for athletes. His organization aims to represent the interests of German squad athletes. The stress control is a central concern of both organizations. While there is often good support in football, the schedule in other sports are always fuller, which can lead to injuries. This problem is reinforced by the lack of binding rules on occupational safety in professional sports.
doping in sport
Another hotly discussed topic in sport is doping. Historically, numerous doping cases are of great scope, such as the case of Tom Simpson, who died in 1967 during the Tour de France, or the Festina affair in cycling 1998. Here, 19 members of the Festina team were arrested for the use of doping agents, which threw a shadow on the credibility of sport. Planet Knowledge describes how doping scandals, among other things through the cases of Jan Ullrich and Lance Armstrong, not only the trust of the viewers into the integrity of the athletes have damaged.
Equality in sport also remains a topic of high relevance. While various funding programs men and women are treated equally in sports, there are still significant differences in the prize money. These aspects illustrate how important it is to promote a common understanding and support within sport, both for the athletes and the organizations that represent them.
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