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FA Quits Ladbrokes Sponsorship Deal After Player Betting Controversies

FA Quits Ladbrokes Sponsorship Deal After Player Betting Controversies

The Football Association, English Soccer’s governing body, has severed its four-year sponsorship deal with Ladbrokes after only one season.

The FA announced on Thursday so it would be not only cutting short Ladbrokes, worth to its deal some £4 million ($5 million) each year, but also are going to be banning all commercial sponsorship deals between betting organizations and the FA now and in the future.

Ladbrokes will no much longer be the official bookie of the FA, as English soccer’s governing body reassesses its relationship with popular betting shops.

The relationship between the FA and gambling has come under increased scrutiny, because of a few high-profile player betting scandals. The attention comes at a right time when English soccer gets more included with gambling businesses. (Presently 50 per cent of Premier League teams have a bookmaker or other gambling operations as their uniform sponsor.)

Of late, Burnley player Joey Barton was handed a 18-month suspension after he admitted to placing 1,260 bets on soccer matches since 2004. At 34-years-old, the midfielder says the ban on all activities related to soccer will end his career effectively.

Barton publicly criticized the FA on social media for failing to acknowledge its conflict that is clear of when it comes to gambling.

‘In the event that FA is really serious about tackling the culture of gambling in football, it needs to appear at its dep Читать далее