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09.06.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) The best player in the world is also the highest-paid athlete for the second year in a row. Last year, he earned 93 million dollars. Ronaldo reigns in football and earnings At the end of the last century, the busine...

01.06.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Once considered an outsider in England’s second-tier football league and operating on an annual budget of under 14 million euros, Huddersfield Town has now hit the football jackpot. In what is often described as the m...

01.06.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) Premier League champion Chelsea earned a record income of over 176 million euros this past season. Billions divided among English clubs Debates over whether the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga is the bette...

25.05.2017 - (Sport, Miroslav Antol) Goalkeeper Ján Mucha has led the Union of Football Professionals (ÚFP) in Slovakia for a year The general assembly of the Union of Football Professionals (ÚFP) convened again this week in Žilina, one year after its...

04.05.2017 - (TA3 TV, Marian Tomcak) The TA3 program “Bago,” first aired on May 4, 2017, featured an appearance by sports analyst and lawyer Jozef Tokos, advisor to the Union of Football Professionals. His contribution (from 7:28 to 8:20) is available a...

19.04.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) The highest income gap between players and fans is in Barcelona. They earn 357 times more than the average wage. Tens of thousands of fans in the stands pay to watch 22 millionaires chase a leather ball. This sente...

18.04.2017 - (TA3 TV) The show "Let's Take a Look at It", which premiered on April 18, 2017 and featured an appearance by sports analyst and lawyer Jozef Tokos, advisor to the players' association Union of Football Professionals, is availa...

11.04.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek)  A year ago, the Union of Football Professionals was established. It has already handled 10 cases involving alleged contract breaches. Unpaid wages, unjustified demotions of players from the first team, or the...

06.04.2017 - (Economic Daily, Vladimir Travnicek) They're the best and chasing the title – but Chelsea has refused to profit from ticket sales. “It's a gesture toward the fans,” says expert. Last season, the club owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich recorde...

04.04.2017 - (Sport Magazin, Peter Surin) Footballer – what a life. Kicking a ball and earning thousands... “The real life is the one my friends live. My life as a footballer has nothing to do with it. When I stop to think about it, I’m terrified by how prote...