Celta Vigo: Only Team to Observe Spanish General Strike
Posted By HeathGCF On November 15th, 2012 11:30 AM | News, Primera Liga
Throughout Spain on Wednesday, millions of people participated in strike action, protesting against the current economic and political situation. For the most part though, in the football world it was business as usual.
As the citizens of Spain observed a General Strike, throughout the country business, commerce and services ground to a halt. The situation was somewhat different for football however, with only Celta Vigo players formally backing the strike action and not training.
Rayo Vallecano players also backed the General Strike and had initially intended not to train on Wednesday. Ultimately though, they decided to resume normal training behind closed doors.
Elsewhere, what few Barcelona players werent away on international duties, trained voluntarily, whilst at every other La Liga club, training during the day proceeded as normal.
AFE the Association of Spanish Footballers said that they and their members strongly supported the N-14 General Strike action, but also suggested that the work of professional athletes cannot be compared to other professions. Stating that players training as normal wasnt intended to be in contradiction of the N-14 strike action, AFE were clear to point out that their members were fully in support of the strike action observed elsewhere.
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