11-24-2020, 11:24 PM
Soccer Pros Are Concerned About FIFA Using Their Likenesses
<p>Thousands of professional soccer players are apparently planning on objecting to the use of their likenesses in <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/fifa-21/">FIFA 21</a>, according to reporting by <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/zlatan-bale-fifa-latest-updates/HT3gxxGLrsFi"><ins>The Athletic</ins></a>.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://twitter.com/Ibra_official/status/1330926882158735361?s=20"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">Who gave FIFA EA Sport permission to use my name and face? <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFPro?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@FIFPro</a>? I’m not aware to be a member of Fifpro and if I am I was put there without any real knowledge through some weird manouver. <br />And for sure I never allowed <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFAcom?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@FIFAcom</a> or Fifpro to make money using me</p> — Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ibra_official/status/1330926882158735361?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote><text></text></div><p> </p><p dir="ltr">Earlier this week, AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic put out a tweet questioning why his likeness is being used in FIFA 21, since he isn't part of FIFPro. FIFPro is a global union effort for soccer pros and is involved in selling the image rights for players within member countries. Another pro, Gareth Bale of Tottenham Hotspur, <a href="https://twitter.com/GarethBale11/status/1330946606837993473?s=20">tweeted</a> at Ibrahimovic in support asking what FIFPro is and the hashtag "time to investigate."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soccer-pros-are-concerned-about-fifa-using-their-likenesses/1100-6484832/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soccer...01-10abi2f
<p>Thousands of professional soccer players are apparently planning on objecting to the use of their likenesses in <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/fifa-21/">FIFA 21</a>, according to reporting by <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/zlatan-bale-fifa-latest-updates/HT3gxxGLrsFi"><ins>The Athletic</ins></a>.</p><div data-embed-type="tweet" data-src="https://twitter.com/Ibra_official/status/1330926882158735361?s=20"><blockquote align="center" class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-mce-disable-toolbar="true"><p dir="ltr">Who gave FIFA EA Sport permission to use my name and face? <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFPro?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@FIFPro</a>? I’m not aware to be a member of Fifpro and if I am I was put there without any real knowledge through some weird manouver. <br />And for sure I never allowed <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFAcom?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@FIFAcom</a> or Fifpro to make money using me</p> — Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ibra_official/status/1330926882158735361?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote><text></text></div><p> </p><p dir="ltr">Earlier this week, AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic put out a tweet questioning why his likeness is being used in FIFA 21, since he isn't part of FIFPro. FIFPro is a global union effort for soccer pros and is involved in selling the image rights for players within member countries. Another pro, Gareth Bale of Tottenham Hotspur, <a href="https://twitter.com/GarethBale11/status/1330946606837993473?s=20">tweeted</a> at Ibrahimovic in support asking what FIFPro is and the hashtag "time to investigate."</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soccer-pros-are-concerned-about-fifa-using-their-likenesses/1100-6484832/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/soccer...01-10abi2f