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All Premier League players 'to undergo mandatory sexual consent training'

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Premier League players and staff are to receive mandatory sexual consent training as part of new rules for the upcoming season.The Telegraph report that, in the wake of allegations made against players, new rules will be brought in this season by the Football Association.

While there is a consideration to have such education introduced further down the football pyramid, so far there has been no move to bring in legislation to suspend players arrested on suspicion of rape.The Premier League has run workshops for the academy and first-team players from Under-14s to Under-23s to educate players about sexual relationships, seeking consent, and understanding sexual harassment and bullying - but this was not mandatory for senior professionals. READ MORE: Premier League games will not stop for medical emergencies in crowd this seasonNow if clubs fail to deliver the new training, they will face disciplinary action.

These fresh rules have been brought in after the Premier League had a meeting with campaign groups End Violence for Women, the Three Hijabis and Level Up.They had before sent an open letter to Richard Masters, the league’s chief executive, and Mark Bullingham, an FA executive, where they asked them ‘to confront a culture of gender-based violence’.Shaista Aziz, co-director of the Three Hijabis, told The Telegraph: “We’re pleased to see the Premier League has adopted the action plan we sent in our open letter to them and the FA on the urgency needed to tackle gender-based violence in football.“This is an important first and long overdue step in the right direction.

However, we need greater transparency on how this new guidance will be implemented by Premier League clubs. Any programme to tackle gender-based violence.

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