The referees improve their working conditions after reaching an agreement with the Women's Professional Soccer League

The women's arbitration group, represented by the Spanish Football Federation in the negotiation, and the Professional Women's Football League have reached an agreement this Wednesday night that ends with the stoppage of activity of the collegiate members and that prevented the championship from giving I start last week.

Although a formal meeting was not planned, as it was expected for this Thursday, the president of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), José Manuel Franco, the federative president, Luis Rubiales, and the president of the employer's association have held conversations that have managed to unblock a conflict that seriously threatened the first professional women's league project in Spanish sports.

The members requested an improvement in their working conditions and demanded that they adjust to the new professional category of the League.

The meetings held since Monday, with the Higher Sports Council as promoter and mediator, had not materialized.

It was on Wednesday night when the agreement was finally signed.

The main referees will receive 35,000 euros and the assistants 18,000.

In addition, the CSD will contribute, apart from the 5 million euros per year, another 350,000 extra euros in the next three years for an individualized mutual fund that the members will be able to use once their career is over.

According to a statement, the Federation will contribute the same amount to the LPFF through the Coordination Agreement to be allocated entirely to the clubs.

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