![]() ![]() There can be no beauty in sport when greed is the biggest winner. We need to take back the beauty and the humanity of sport. “ Our athletes, and the men and women who provide services, deserve to be more than just by-products of a commercial enterprise! We need to be the moral voice in the wilderness - the voice that reclaims what was once ours. ![]() DeMaurice Smith, the Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association (“NFLPA”) in the United States, addressed the 2,000 congress delegates, and urged UNI affiliates to help athletes reclaim the spirit of sport: ![]() ![]() The group gathered as part of the quadrennial congress of the UNI Global Union (“UNI”), 1 the Swiss based labour organisation that represents more than 20 million workers from over 900 trade unions in the fastest growing sectors in the world – skills and services, including media and sport. On 5 December 2014, the world’s most influential player association leaders met in Cape Town, South Africa, to formally complete three years of cooperative discussions and establish UNI World Athletes as the exclusive global association of organised players and athletes across professional sport. ![]()
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