The women’s soccer league has been put on alert as a result of the last two controversies of alleged psychological abuse and harassment experienced in the Alhama de Murcia and Rayo Vallecano. the acquaintances cases ‘Alhama’ and ‘Santiso’who question the work methods and inappropriate conduct of the coaches Randri Garcia and Carlos Santiso towards their players they have set off the alarms and have outraged the supporters of both teams, who do not understand how it is possible that the clubs do not take action on the matter and that the coaches remain unpunished in their positions.
Although the unions have gotten down to work through a series of complaints, the truth is that the Collective agreement has been placed under the spotlight and the question is in the air. How protected are the soccer players in League F, the first professional league for a women’s sport in Spain?
Disqualifications such as “fat”, “lesbian” or “you are not fit to be in First Division” are attributed to randri garciaAlhama coach, in addition to an alleged photograph of him with the coaching staff of sexual content sent to the entire squad -among them, a minor- allegedly taken after the team’s victory against Valencia on matchday 23 of the F League He would also address certain players with bad manners and insults, repeated and abusive behaviors that would have led some soccer player to request sick leave.
After these episodes came to light, the former player of Alhama Nazaret Segura explained on the microphones of ‘Radioestadio Noche’ that “I could only spend six months at the club, I couldn’t take it anymore. The coach underestimates you so much that you feel like you are worthless. Since then I have not been able to set foot on a football field, I start to cry”.
Despite the fact that 15 players out of the 24 that make up the squad have assured this week through a joint statement that “we have not been sexually harassed by our coach nor have we suffered behavior of this nature in any way”, the truth is that The FUTPRO union has denounced the facts to the Labor Inspectorate, CSD and RFEF and brought it to the attention of the club through a burofax a week ago. The club itself assured that the action protocol included in the collective agreement of the League was activated.
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The controversy uncovered is largely reminiscent of the ‘Santiso case’, last year, in which the Rayo coach sent his coaching staff an audio via WhatsApp in which he urged them to “make one like those of Arandina” – alluding to the gang rape of three players of a 16-year-old girl – in order to encourage their helpers. Despite the unanimous rejection, the technician remains in office.
