These days, we commemorate women’s football milestones all the time: record transfer prices, sellout crowds, historic hardware… The first stadium in the US designed exclusively for a professional women’s team was just unveiled.
Even with all the impressive accomplishments, there are still many difficult problems, and one that has recently come to light is the interaction between players and coaches. First, it was revealed that Jonathan Morgan had been fired by Sheffield United following revelations that, while at Leicester, he had dated a teenage player. Next, Leicester suspended Willie Kirk while he was being looked into for a possible relationship with a player.
Jonathan Morgan: Sheffield United Women sack head coach
These days, we commemorate women’s football milestones all the time: record transfer prices, sellout crowds, historic hardware… The first stadium in the US designed exclusively for a professional women’s team was just unveiled.
Even with all the impressive accomplishments, there are still many difficult problems, and one that has recently come to light is the interaction between players and coaches. First, it was revealed that Jonathan Morgan had been fired by Sheffield United following revelations that, while at Leicester, he had dated a teenage player. Next, Leicester suspended Willie Kirk while he was being looked into for a possible relationship with a player.
This holds true in any kind of workplace. Will employee X receive preference for a promotion over employee Z if they are romantically involved with manager Y? Has worker A experienced coercion to form a bond with manager B in order to maintain employment?
Because of this, the majority of organizations have stringent regulations regarding relationships between coworkers in situations when there is an imbalance of power. Failure to take action to prevent potential abuses of power would be a violation of the duty that employers have to create a safe workplace.