Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis predicts the ongoing labour talks with the Canadian men’s and women’s teams will produce “an epic, historical deal for pay…
The association’s collective bargaining agreement with the women’s team expired last December. The World Cup-bound men recently formed their own players’ association and are in talks for a first CBA.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
Bontis said historically most national teams have negotiated a percentage of World Cup prize money, usually ranging between 20 and 30 percent. “Because it also meant that we would have to pay the women dollar-for-dollar that same amount and you can’t pay more than 100 percent of the money available,” he added.
He said talks with the men have really only been going six or seven weeks, with the players not hiring legal counsel or registering as a players association until late August. “Whatever agreement we’ve agreed to with Alphonso’s organization is the exact same agreement that we’re going to be offering to the men’s and women’s teams.”
“So my job now is to help our organization increase capacity. That’s the most important thing. Because we cannot stay as a $20-million organization any more. We have to come up with new revenue streams. We have to build new human capital. We have to build new programs.Article content
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