FA Head Calls for Betting BanTuesday 27 October, 2009 09:49
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Lord David Triesman, who serves as the Chairman of England's Football Association, has called for sweeping changes in the current legislation governing sportsbetting in the country. Triesman said that new plans are underway to impose strict punishments on any players or officials who were caught betting on soccer games in the country. He revealed that these gamblers face a lifetime ban. The reason for these changes comes in the wake of continued ambiguity surrounding the right to gamble on soccer games, and the need to protect the integrity of all sports in the nation. "The restrictions are fairly limited at the moment," commented the Football Association Chairman. "They need to be more widespread and very clear. Anybody who is involved in football shouldn't bet on football, including me." Triesman said that was always a risk to the integrity of soccer competitions should officials have no real control of the gambling issues. "Gambling has always been a threat to all sports and it remains a threat," he said. There were currently around forty incidents of suspected corruption and match fixing being investigated by UEFA, said Triesman. The majority of these stemmed from Eastern European clubs. Triesman called for a simplification in the current laws - lifetime ban if caught. "You've got to have a proper restriction on who is and who isn't allowed to bet and I take a rather harder view than other people do," he said. "I may be wrong but I have to say: Have a simple rule. Have one which you can't really make a mistake about." |
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