Canada Soccer comes to terms with Alphonso Davies on name and image rights: source
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Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source.
Finally some tangible progress on the labour front with the Canadian men’s soccer team.
Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source.
The deal just needs final signatures, according to the source who requested anonymity because the agreement has yet to be announced.
“I can confirm we are very close to the finish line,” Canada Soccer general secretary Earl Cochrane said Tuesday when asked about an agreement.
Davies became the latest hot spot between Canada Soccer and its players last week when TSN reported that Davies’ representative had told Fanatics, which runs Canada Soccer’s merchandise website and sells licensed sports goods, that it no longer had permission to sell Davies’ jersey because the governing body does not have an agreement to market the Bayern Munich fullback’s likeness and image.
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Cochrane, who confirmed that Davies representative Nick Huoseh had asked for the jersey to be removed, said the governing body has been in talks with the Davies camp for several weeks about a name and image likeness deal.
Name and image likeness rights have been an issue in labour talks between Canada Soccer and the players ahead of the World Cup, Davies’ jersey is by far the biggest-seller among the Canadian men.
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