Welcome to the website of the Professional Players Federation, the national organisation for the Player Associations in the United Kingdom. There are over 17,500 professional sportsmen and women in Britain and the PPF is dedicated to promoting, protecting and developing their collective interests. We have been working for the players since our establishment in 1991.
The PPF currently has twelve Player Associations in membership who are responsible for setting our priorities. We focus on cross-sport issues that affect all the members such as match fixing, Diversity & Inclusion, career transition, mental health and anti-doping.
You will find information on a number of research and education projects we have undertaken to help our members as well as a range of resources available to help individual players. We also provide details of our various Committees which provide forums for our Player Associations to exchange ideas, share best practice and agree the organisation’s goals.
If you have any queries relating to our work or the work of our members, please get in touch.
In an update from the PPF’s legal advisors Mills & Reeve, we look at the career-ending consequences players can face if they test positive for banned substances from unintentional contamination.
Eleven Jump jockeys have taken advantage of the latest Jockey Ambassador training programme provided by the PJA and JETS to help jockeys enhance their profile, engage successfully with a range of media and maximise commercial opportunities.
In this ‘Staff Spotlight’, Richard Bryan, RPA Player Welfare Director, talks us through his experiences working at a Player Association and how he will use this in his new role as a PPF Director.
The PPF are pleased to announce the election of Richard Bryan as a Director following its recent Annual General Meeting. Richard is Player Welfare Director at the Rugby Players Association.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has today announced that Ben Woollaston has joined its Governance Board as a non-executive director with immediate effect.
With the recent announcement of the new 'Australian Darts Association' the PDPA have appointed a new PDPA Oceanic Rep - James Bailey.
The LMA is pleased to announce the new ‘What Does Football Mean?’ Film, which was officially launched at the 33rd LMA Annual Awards in May.
The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has appointed Charmaine Carmichael and Alan Gilpin as Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs), further strengthening the union’s leadership.
Heather Knight has decided to step down as Vice Chair of the PCA following five years in the role, representing player views and progressing standards for professional cricketers in England and Wales.
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