Randy McNob
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[Football] Betting sponsorship on shirts should be banned
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Normal Rob
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Can we ban betting advertising altogether please? As well as possibly saving many thousands from starting something that may end in crippling debts, it might force the closure of TalkSport radio.
Kuipers Supporters Club
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Agree with this.
Also can’t believe high street bookies are back open, this would have been the perfect time to abolish them.
Also can’t believe high street bookies are back open, this would have been the perfect time to abolish them.
Knocky's Nose
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If people want to bet, they will bet - as long as there is a service there.
The only way betting will slow down is if it becomes stigmatised, or unfashionable. Think Drink Driving and Smoking - both things which ruined lives through accidents and disease which have become something generally frowned upon, whereas 40 years ago they were perfectly normal things to do - and most people did.
The only way betting will slow down is if it becomes stigmatised, or unfashionable. Think Drink Driving and Smoking - both things which ruined lives through accidents and disease which have become something generally frowned upon, whereas 40 years ago they were perfectly normal things to do - and most people did.
Shropshire Seagull
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Aren't more than half the teams in the EPL sponsored by a betting organisation?
Iggle Piggle
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Bet you a tenner this doesn't happen.
Arthur
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Yep and the Championship. Because they have very deep pockets and can pay top dollar. Most of them aren't even British brands.
Crazy people are advocating this on here given how the person bank rolling our club has and continues to make his money. Also crazy that people are happy to see millions if not billions taken out of the game given the state of the world at the moment.
It will happen as people need a crusade....won't change anything as the tobacco industry proves.
Biscuit Barrel
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I'm so proud of the fact that our club and chairman has nothing to do with the gambling industry.
Shropshire Seagull
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Just looked it up - it's 10 of 20.
2019/20 Premier League Shirt Sponsors
Team Shirt Sponsor Industry Headquarters
Arsenal Emirates Airline Dubai, UAE
Aston Villa W88 Gambling Philippines
Bournemouth M88 Gambling Philippines & Gibraltar
Brighton & Hove Albion American Express Financial services USA
Burnley LoveBet Gambling Malta
Chelsea Yokohama Tyres Automotive Japan
Crystal Palace ManBetX Gambling Malta
Everton SportPesa Gambling Kenya & Isle of Man
Leicester City King Power Duty-free shop Thailand
Liverpool Standard Chartered Financial services & banking UK
Manchester City Etihad Airways Airline Abu Dhabi, UAE
Manchester United Chevrolet Automotive USA
Newcastle United Fun88 Gambling Isle of Man
Norwich City Dafabet Gambling Philippines
Sheffield United USG Financial services Australia
Southampton LD Sports (Sports) Media China
Tottenham Hotspur AIA Life insurance & financial services Hong Kong
Watford Sportsbet.io Gambling Curaçao
West Ham United Betway Gambling Malta
Wolverhampton Wanderers ManBetX Gambling Malta
Lolz
southstandandy
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SeagullDubai
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pasty
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Maybe I'm being a bit naive here, but is having 32RED or 888 or whatever splashed across a football shirt really going to make a non-gambler open an account and start gambling?
blockhseagull
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I actually find it baffling that yet again football is being demonized.
Without even getting into the should betting sponsorship be allowed debate.... to recommend it should be stopped in football yet allowed to carry on in other sports is yet again blaming football and it’s supporters as ‘the problem’
Also in the current climate I do think restricting the avenues football clubs (especially further down the ladder) can maximize their revenues isn’t great for the game either.
Gambling addiction is obviously a terrible issue and should be looked at.... but I don’t think banning shirt sponsorship is going to change much. Perhaps the amount of TV advertising could be reduced but there are far better ways to try and help people than just banning sponsorship.
Without even getting into the should betting sponsorship be allowed debate.... to recommend it should be stopped in football yet allowed to carry on in other sports is yet again blaming football and it’s supporters as ‘the problem’
Also in the current climate I do think restricting the avenues football clubs (especially further down the ladder) can maximize their revenues isn’t great for the game either.
Gambling addiction is obviously a terrible issue and should be looked at.... but I don’t think banning shirt sponsorship is going to change much. Perhaps the amount of TV advertising could be reduced but there are far better ways to try and help people than just banning sponsorship.
Spiros
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Prohibition of anything that people actually want to do just drives it underground. The gambling industry does need to be more regulated and more done to ensure the vulnerable (and addicted) are better protected but in the end there will always be those who want to bet on something. Once you drive it underground it gets controlled by organised crime and the government also lose out on tax revenue which has to be got from elsewhere.
Also my father used to be a professional punter and consistently made money at it for many years. To say that the industry only causes suffering is very much a blinkered view
Spiros
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There are plenty of unfortunates out there who are hooked on gambling and would continue regardless of whether it's legal or not. Ban gambling and instead of them pissing their money away at 888.com we'll be back to the day's of bookies runners and debts being collected via damaged kneecaps. Loads of people gambled long before online gambling appeared and long before the legalisation of high street bookies in 1960. The facts that so many gamblers were out there was one of the main drivers of that legalisation.
When something popular is banned the only beneficiaries of that prohibition are the organised crime gangs, that much we know from history, especially the early part of the 20th century
Arthur
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Well it did the trick with drugs.....you never hear about anyone having problems with them any more!
BBassic
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Some will see no harm in gambling sponsors because "it's a choice" and "you don't have to bet".
Others, like myself, think it must be sodding difficult if you've got a gambling addiction to see gambling firms plastered over the shirts, hoardings, matchday programmes and TV and radio adverts and have to resist the urge to put a few quid down.
Others, like myself, think it must be sodding difficult if you've got a gambling addiction to see gambling firms plastered over the shirts, hoardings, matchday programmes and TV and radio adverts and have to resist the urge to put a few quid down.