Blackburn Women defender Rachel Dugdale says players person been made to consciousness "devalued" by the "lack of communication" from the nine implicit their determination to retreat from the Women's Championship.
Rovers confirmed connected Tuesday it would driblet retired of the 2nd tier adjacent play due to the fact that owners Venky are unwilling to conscionable the league's requirements connected facilities, subordinate payment and staffing.
Dugdale claimed players were told of the quality by manager Simon Parker conscionable an hr earlier it was made public, earlier an email was sent via the club's HR department.
BBC Sport saw the email, which said the determination would person a "significant interaction connected the staffing and playing operation moving forward".
Speaking a time aft the quality was confirmed, Dugdale told BBC Sport: "There is conscionable a feeling of being devalued.
"The magnitude of enactment we enactment successful this year, contempt having by acold the lowest fund wrong the league, was each owed to our sacrifice and dedication.
"To not person that connection truly made america consciousness devalued arsenic players. It sends a truly mediocre and beardown connection to younger pistillate footballers that owners and radical higher up don't person the will, oregon want, to bash close by us."
The 28-year-old added determination had been "absolutely nothing" from the nine since the announcement and players and unit were inactive unsure of their future.
It is the 2nd successive twelvemonth Dugdale has been portion of a squad who person withdrawn from the league owed to fiscal issues aft Reading dropped to the 5th tier successful 2024.
"There person been conversations among us, but nary different connection from the nine successful presumption of paying retired the remainder of our contracts oregon what it would mean," added the Northern Ireland planetary defender.
"They inactive don't cognize what tier we volition beryllium in. That fiscal information is the main happening connected each of our minds astatine the moment.
"We merit to cognize and person other enactment enactment successful spot for the unit and the players."
BBC Sport has contacted Blackburn Rovers to connection them a response.
Dugdale said it was important clubs saw footballers arsenic "people and not conscionable players", which is wherefore she was keen to talk retired connected the situation.
As good arsenic Reading past year, players from Wolves Women were near frustrated successful April arsenic the nine had already decided not to use to vie successful the Women's Championship, contempt the players believing they were chasing promotion.
Dugdale said she was "too disquieted to talk up astir it" past twelvemonth portion astatine Reading, but does not privation women's teams to proceed to endure little down the pyramid.
"We got proposal saying we shouldn't talk out, we should support ourselves successful presumption of making definite we get those last wage payments, and marque definite we don't look similar a troublemaker for aboriginal clubs - each of that proposal is truly well-intentioned," she added.
"Last year, I took that advice. But ultimately, my precedence astatine the infinitesimal is affecting and improving the women's crippled for the better.
"I don't deliberation capable sound was made past twelvemonth astatine Reading. I wasn't brave capable to [speak out]. I deliberation that's made it OK and acceptable for Blackburn to bash it this year.
"I don't privation immoderate much players oregon unit to spell done this uncertainty and hard clip that we are. I privation the women's crippled to support moving."
Dugdale said she earned £15,000 a twelvemonth astatine Blackburn - beneath the nationalist minimum wage - and the bulk of players are connected an mean of £9,000 a year.
She travels from the southbound of England to Blackburn connected weekends to play matches and stays with a friend, nary of which is expensed.
The 28-year-old added she was "fortunate" to beryllium represented by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), but the bulk of Blackburn's players bash not person that ineligible support.
Moving forward, she called for change.
"The occupation astatine the infinitesimal is that you tin lone beryllium a portion of the PFA arsenic a pistillate subordinate if you person played successful the Women's Super League, similar I did with Doncaster Belles," said Dugdale.
"In the men's game, it goes each the mode down to the 4th tier. Now the Women's Championship is wholly nonrecreational going into adjacent season, I don't spot immoderate crushed wherefore they shouldn't beryllium covered by the PFA.
"A batch of my team-mates haven't got the enactment I person astatine the infinitesimal and it is invaluable. I deliberation that needs to change."
Dugdale has besides called for a stricter reappraisal process of the 'fit and due idiosyncratic test' - a inheritance cheque carried retired by the Football Association to guarantee prospective owners and directors of clubs are suitable to bargain and tally them.
"What are the parameters for that? Is it a sweeping trial that processes the men's team, and the women's squad is conscionable bolted on?" she added.
"I deliberation it's astir knowing that and improving it to marque definite the intentions from the owners are close for the women's team."
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