Whiney interviews won’t change anything. But imagine all teams collectively boycotting an entire matchday. They just refuse to play. This would do huge damage to the leagues, UEFA, FIFA etc. And the clubs or associations can’t just punish everyone. They rely on the players. Don’t the players even have a union? So why is nothing like that happening? The only reason I can think of is that the pain isn’t strong enough yet to actually act.
I seem to remember Sir Alex refusing to register Manchester United in the FA Cup because there were too many matches. I don’t remember how it was resolved.
There weren’t too many matches as such, it was that they wouldn’t adjust the schedule when we were in the FIFA Club World Cup/Championship on the opposite side of the planet. So we didn’t enter the FA Cup that year.