8 main shirt sponsors and another with Wolves who have a betting company as their sleeve sponsor.
Villa have also announced a deal with BK8 from next season.
You are correct that nothing will change as clubs won’t voluntarily vote to ban them. It needs to come from a government level like when...
A 12 month ban is more than a slap on the wrist though, but I can't see it being that long seeing as Barton's ban was reduced to 13 months on appeal. It's likely to be 6-9 months although as there is an approx 2.5 month close season coming up that takes a chunk of any ban away so we can hope the...
Gambling bans are worldwide, FIFA originally suspended Trippiers ban while he appealed but once the appeal was rejected by CAS the ban came into effect. In Trippier’s case the ban was actually issued by the FA a few months after he’d joined Atletico.
Barton was banned by the FA for 12 games...
The rules cover club staff as well as players. A chairman could easily persuade a player with a nice little bonus to help a bet come in if he so wished...