Symposium: Sports Integrity and Athletes Rights
Introducing Brendan Schwab.
Executive Director, World Players Association, uniting 85,000 players across professional sport through more than 100 player associations in over 60 countries.
Brendan brings expertise in organising, labour and human rights law, collective bargaining and dispute resolution, particularly in professional team sports. Brendan has played an instrumental role for FIFPro, the world footballers association, in supporting players internationally. He served FIFPro as a board member, Vice President and as Chair of FIFPro Asia/Oceania. He acted as a judge of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and, as a member of the FIFA Players’ Status Committee, helped drive FIFA’s ban of the third-party ownership of players.
Brendan co-founded and led the Australian Athletes’ Alliance, which represents eight player associations and over 3,500 athletes in sports such as Australian rules, basketball, rugby union, rugby league, cricket, netball, horse racing and football. He also co-founded Professional Footballers Australia (PFA), serving as Chief Executive and General Counsel, advancing its profession and the reform of the Australian football industry. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Business Administration.
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