Episode Synopsis "Mbappé, player power, strikes and the like [Ep 4]"

In episode 4 of the podcast, Miles discusses the ever-shifting dynamics of player power and takes a look at players exercising their collective power in global sport.  He discusses Kylian Mbappé's 'values-based' boycott of his obligations relating to French national team sponsors over an image rights dispute, and the fifteen footballers from the Spanish national women's team making themselves unavailable for selection in an effort to bring about change.  Miles also looks at the way that collective bargaining and industrial action, in the form of strikes and lockouts, have shaped our sporting world and brought us mechanisms such as salary caps. And he touches on the rise of players' unions as business entities, including in the area of group licensing. 

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