Professional Footballers Are Threatening GDPR Legal Action: The Significant Impact on How the Sports Industry Will Deal with Data Protection

By Gelu Maravela and Cristina Crețu, MPR Partners A group of over 850 professional footballers have threatened legal action against several betting, data sharing and entertainment companies regarding how players’ personal data is collected and shared. The players’ group coordinating the legal action is the Global Sports Data and Technology Group. It is led by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager, Russel Slade who calls the action “Project Red Card”. Should the c