Owned by FFA: How half a million footballers and soccer coaches signed away their rights to privacy

By Eamonn Duff
Updated March 26 2017 - 11:31am, first published 11:28am
Adam Hollingworth – football coach and dad – has been told to sign a contract that allows the FFA free use of his name and image, or walk away from his son Tully's team. Photo: Anna Kucera
Adam Hollingworth – football coach and dad – has been told to sign a contract that allows the FFA free use of his name and image, or walk away from his son Tully's team. Photo: Anna Kucera

Football's national body has issued an ultimatum to a Sydney father who devotes his free time to coach his son's team at weekends: Sign away your name and image rights to us or walk away from the sport.

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