Fair Game

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Most of the clubs are in The Top two floors of the English football sponsored by gambling firm

the Former FA chief executive Mark Palios says football needs to wean "" themselves from gambling sponsorship.

He said the program-football-links with the sports betting industry had gone "too far".

Mr Palios, the chairs, Tranmere Rovers FC, said he would not accept, luck had rejected the game, and sponsorship, an offer of a big betting provider in the last year.

of The English Football League said the football and the gambling industry responsibility working full.

A spokesman said: "The EFL itself to a successful relationship with Sky bet, who as a responsible, properly regulated bookmaker to recognise the importance of having the correct safety measures are not taken. "

Any marketing of the partnership, best practice, and protected the needy, minors, and the protection, he added.

The Premier League said that it is not a Central gambling partner-and sponsorship contracts were up to individual clubs.

In the two upper floors of English football, almost 60% of the associations under sponsorship agreements with gambling companies.

Mr Palios has bets contributed to A Number of players who said, with gambling problems

Mr Palios, the offer which he had rejected, had included a plan to terminals in the interior of the earth.

"This is A Family , a club, a festival rooted in the community, and from our point of view, it is to do the wrong thing, in connection with the gambling industry," he said.

"We can't change the bigger picture is involved in terms of the football industry, to the extent it is, but from a personal point of view what we are doing.

"football has to wean itself from The Position it is at the moment and the can use The Best verb I.

"It's gone too far. "

Mr Palios played as a midfielder for Tranmere Rovers, for nine years and Crewe Alexandra for three years.

He was chief executive of the Football Association In July 2003.

But resigned in August of 2004, according to newspaper allegations against the then England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's affair with former FA Secretary Faria Alam .

Ten Years later, he took a shareholding in Tranmere Rovers and was appointed chief executive.

'Perishable'

Mr Palios, a staff revealed had stolen from The Club to feed her addiction to the game, and he had helped A Number of players out there with gambling problems.

He said the demographic of a football club was "particularly attractive" to gambling operators.

Mr Palios also marks a report, suggesting that most of the betting offices in the Wirral - Based where Tranmere EFL-League A team, were playing in the poorest areas, where people spent More Than twice as much as those in the richest areas.

"I see the play as something that is harmful. People who are addicted, and it is a hidden addiction," he said.

"see, you people, to steal from their employers, as we have seen, and it destroys relationships and, in principle, damage the family and the family are a big part of the community. "

Voluntary ban

The betting and Gaming Council, which represents the majority of bookmakers in the UK, said it was Jersey "taking into account" a voluntary ban on football sponsorship and pitch side advertising.

And last month, the gambling has said-the Commission, the industry regulator that it was investigating an offer in the Fa Cup games via seven betting sites had been shown live, if potential customers had signed up for an account.

The FA, said: "We have made a clear decision on the FA's relationship with gambling companies, in June 2017, when we ended our partnership with Ladbrokes.

"The leagues and clubs for their own relationships with the gambling companies. "

"file", 4 Fair Game : The Secrets of football betting is on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, 18 February at 20:00 clock

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Source of news: bbc.com