Alex Culvin
English association football player (born 1983)
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The professionalisation of women’s football is accelerating in some parts of the world and revenues are increasing, however, the progress and benefits are not evenly distributed among players across the world,
The women's football industry has come a long way,... for 95%, the rest of the industry, there is a hell of a long way to go."
- FIFPRO Director of Women's Football Alex Culvin saidHindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/lifestyle/h…
When we get to 2027, we've got a World Cup in Brazil, probably the most iconic place in the world to have a World Cup. The boom is going to be inevitable, so the mindset for everybody around the sport, players, unions, stakeholders is how do we capitalize on it? And I think the WNBA's CBA has almost shone a light on that before we get to the World Cup. It's created a seismic shift on value,
- Culvin saidDeutsche Welledw.com/en/wnba…dw.com/en/wnba…
You've got a responsibility to ensure that you maximize that opportunity and push for for everything that you're worth,
- Culvin saidDeutsche Welledw.com/en/wnba…dw.com/en/wnba…
The question for our unions is what is the role of the unions and as custodians of the game to ensure that the revenue that's generated is fairly distributed and for the players who are members of those unions. You can obviously be micro and you can cherry pick and say this clause is amazing or this article is amazing. And then you can kind of be macro and ask, what does this say to football as an industry?"
- Culvin asksDeutsche Welledw.com/en/wnba…
- Culvin saidDeutsche Welledw.com/en/wnba…
We know women's football has a solidarity mindset, and that extends beyond football. What the CBA does is connect women's athletes all over the world to recognize their value, to fight for that value,
- Alex Culvin, the director of women's football at the international football players' union FIFPRO, told DWDeutsche Welledw.com/en/wnba…dw.com/en/wnba…
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