Pfa scotland response to allegation players acting in breach of contract

[Steve1872 4]

PFA Scotland understands that Mr Charles Green has written to all clubs in the English Premier League and Championship alleging that our members who have exercised their legal right not to be employed by Sevco Scotland Ltd (newco), have acted in breach of contract. This is repeated and PFA Scotland will shortly be writing to all clubs outlining our Solicitorâ??s legal view on this matter and sharing with them legal guidance issued by the Scottish FA which we believe supports the Playersâ?? position. Whilst it is accepted that newco is entitled to argue breach of contract, the Players Union is dismayed that attempts are being made to prevent our members from playing professional football simply because the have exercised their legal right not to transfer to newco.

 

PFA Scotland President and FIFPro Executive Member Tony Higgins said â? I havenâ??t spoken to a single Employment or Sports Solicitor who agrees with Mr Greenâ??s interpretation of the law. Our members are being advised by our employment specialists, Brian Napier QC and Wil Van Megen, Head of Legal Department at FIFPro. We are supremely confident that under TUPE and European Law on basic principles of freedom of movement, our members are entitled to sign for new clubs.â?

 

PFA Scotlandâ??s Lawyer, Margaret Gribbon of Bridge Litigation who acts on behalf of the majority of the objectors said â??It is newco who have in actual fact acted unlawfully by failing to inform and consult with Rangers players prior to the TUPE transfer. Newco has never employed the Players or held their registration, yet they believe they are entitled to prevent the Scottish FA from releasing the Playersâ?? registrations to the new company. Newco is not a member of any footballing body in Scotland and it is unclear what league they will be playing in at the start of the season. It is simply not credible therefore for Mr Green to accuse the players of being motivated by financial gain. The Playersâ?? reasons for leaving are purely professional and Mr Green would not have had a club to buy had it not been for their salary sacrifices. We do not consider that the newcoâ??s allegation of breach of contract will stand up to scrutiny and so in the event of the Playersâ?? registrations not being issued to a new club, we will look to FIFA and/or the Court of Session for a speedy remedy.â?

http://pfascotland.co.uk/2012/news/pfa-scotland-response-to-allegation-players-acting-in-breach-of-contract/

[Tannochsidebear 2,321]

I feckin hate unions, and the footballers one is clearly no different.

 

How feckin dare they say we are preventing them from playing football, they all had excellant contracts with Rangers and were being asked to stay (for the time being anyway) and honour their contracts.

 

They chose to leave purely out of greed and opportunity, and how dare the PFA Scotland even attempt to say they have acted professionally.

[simplythebest 0]

I just want to be able to make them sweat, whether we can win or not.

[calscot 0]

The PFA are a weird Union. They only act in the interests of the highest paid players even if that is to the detriment of all their other members. They are directly responsible for the unemployment of thousands of their members.