Athletes’ voices are a necessity in the matrix of good sports governance, a message reinforced at last week’s annual Australia New Zealand Sports Law Association conference in Sydney, attended by some of the world’s best – and busiest – sports lawyers.
The timing was perfect.
It came just days after more than 100 professional female soccer players signed a letter to the sport’s global governing body, FIFA, urging them to reconsider a sponsorship deal with Saudi-owned oil giant Aramco.
