EU Athlete’s Jonas Baer-Hoffmann, gave a presentation to the European Peoples Party’s working group on sport. The session concerned “Dual careers and welfare of athletes”. In attendance of approximately 40 MEPs and Parliamentarian staff, the presentation highlighted the difficulties encountered by athletes in their career transition, highlighted the important role player unions play on this topic and gave examples of good practice – the FIFPro Online Academy, the GPA Player Development Program as well as Career Funds.
