The Royal Spanish Football Federation and the women’s national team signed a historic agreement on Tuesday by which the Spanish internationals reach equality with the men’s national team in terms of issues such as bonuses and image rights.
The agreement, which has an initial duration of five years, was signed in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas by the president of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, and by the FC Barcelona central defender Irene Paredes, first captain of the team, with the presence of Amanda Gutiérrez, president of the Futpro union, although there were also representatives from the federation and from the AFE and Futbolistas ON.
Through what has been signed, the two senior teams will also have the same economic conditions in concentrations and the same distribution criteria for prizes from UEFA and FIFA, and travel and travel conditions will also be improved.
“It is a very important day. The negotiations have been long, but finally they have been fruitful and with an agreement that is avant-garde and that is at the cusp at a European level,” said Rubiales, who pointed out that the internationals asked to be “advised” by both Amanda Gutiérrez and Reyes Bellver , a lawyer specializing in Sports Law, which was a “novelty because they are always direct with the captains”.
The leader indicated that the players will enjoy “an advance on bonuses, just like with the men’s team,” and that the agreement consists of “two parts, one for bonuses and the other for image rights.”
Regarding image rights, the leader stressed that when he was appointed president of the RFEF in 2018 they realized that the women’s team was not on equal terms with the men’s team and that it was something that “had to be put to an end.”
«In the World Cup in France they already had a quantity, but it begins to improve from this year and retroactively by 20 percent and up to 80 in 2027. In addition, special prizes for image rights are maintained for special moments such as classifications for a final phase and of all the sponsorships that reach the RFEF they will have a percentage, the distribution is already up to them. It is difficult to find such a complete agreement that improves so much, we thank you for trusting us »”, he sentenced.
