Potential sponsor?

[swfcjam]

4 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

 

Didn't Chansiri turn down a big gambling sponsor previously as it was morally wrong?

No

[Inspector Lestrade]

2 minutes ago, owls-swfc said:

Why is it Morally wrong?? 

You either choose to gamble or you don't  

It's revenues coming in rather than going out.... 

 

Wanna bet?

[prowl]

10 minutes ago, swinners said:

9 figures!!!

All noughts

[Hitcat]

5 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

 

Didn't Chansiri turn down a big gambling sponsor previously as it was morally wrong?

 

I remember something along those lines.. 

[@owlstalk]

From pitchside boards and TV ads to shirt sponsorships, the dominance of gambling within football is well and truly in effect. As of the 2019/20 season, only three Premier League clubs aren’t in any way sponsored by a gambling company. Of the other 17, 10 of those will have those companies emblazoned on their shirts.

 

The gambling industry has had a major hand in the growing revenue and expenditure of football teams and their franchises, with the 26 teams across England’s top two leagues estimated to have made £225.2m in commercial revenues in 2018.

[prowl]

WE should have got a sponsor for Dunkleys bad leg at the beginning of the season.... a medical devices company seems appropriate.

[swfcjam]

2 minutes ago, Hitcat said:

 

I remember something along those lines.. 

was a payday loan company in 2013 under mandaric we turned. We’ve been sponsored by a betting company on our shirts since Mr Chansiri arrived. 

Edited January 24, 2021 by swfcjam

[WalthamOwl]

Maybe this is the multi million £ one that pulled out because of us fans 

[@owlstalk]

1 minute ago, swfcjam said:

was a payday loan company in 2013 under mandaric we turned. We’ve been sponsored by a betting company on our shirts since Mr Chansiri arrived. 

 

 

That's it - payday loan company

 

Thanks mate. I could remember us turning something grubby down but couldn't remember exactly what 

[@owlstalk]

11 minutes ago, owls-swfc said:

Why is it Morally wrong??  

 

 

Gambling companies side-stepping ad ban by sponsoring football teams

Betting companies are side-stepping the ban on advertising to children by sponsoring football clubs and putting their logos on team shirts, public policy charity CARE warned today.

 

With the new season kicking off tonight (Friday, August 10), the scale of gambling advertising across England’s top two leagues has been revealed.

Just under half – 9 out of 20 Premier League teams and 17 out of 24 (70 per cent) of teams in the Championship are sponsored by gambling companies.

In total, across the top two leagues in the UK 60 per cent of teams will have gambling companies as their sponsors.

 

Between Friday 10 August and the end of November almost two thirds of televised Premier League matches will feature teams with gambling advertising on their shirts. 37 games out of 59.

 

While gambling companies are not allowed to target children with their advertisements, their logos are emblazoned across children’s footballing hero’s chests without proper context.

 

The problem is made more acute because under current industry regulations, sport betting ads can be shown around broadcast sporting events before the 9pm watershed.

According to Gambling Commission figures there are 430,000 adult problem gamblers in the UK with hundreds of thousands more at risk of the problem.

 

There are also estimated to be 370,000 11-16 year olds who gamble on a weekly basis with 25,000 of them classed as problem gamblers.

Today CARE is calling for the 9pm watershed to be extended to cover sport betting ads and the charity is also calling for a wider public debate on football’s relationship with the gambling industry.

 

CARE’s Chief Executive Nola Leach said:

“Sponsoring football shirts is a way that bookmakers can side-step the ban on advertising to children.

“Betting ads on sports shirts is highly irresponsible because it normalises gambling to a very young audience.

“Shown completely without context, these shirts are on the backs of children's favourite players and this creates the illusion that gambling is harmless, fun and without consequences. We know that is not the case.

 

“This problem is only made worse by the fact the 9pm watershed does not apply to sport betting ads when sporting events are broadcast.

“During the recent World Cup people were rightly dismayed by the sheer number of gambling ads being shown during afternoon games and throughout the Tournament.

“It is time we had a serious public debate about the troubling nature of the gambling industry’s relationship with football.

 

“We have an epidemic of child problem gamblers in Britain and for the sake of protecting them and other problem gamblers surely we have to question whether the Premier League and other footballing authorities are doing enough to raise awareness of the risks associated with gambling.”

[@owlstalk]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least our fans on Twitter are taking it well

[Inspector Lestrade]

21 minutes ago, wellbeaten-the-owl said:

Hopefully we don't go route long term of having any betting company as our shirt sponsor.

 

If they plough money into the club ,I'd have cocaineareus splattered all over the ground

[helmut_rooster]

20 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

 

Didn't Chansiri turn down a big gambling sponsor previously as it was morally wrong?

 

Think it was manderic and Wonga?

[Guest everydays_wednesday]

32 minutes ago, HillsboroughOwlNI said:

Only they’d be dafa enough to get into a commercial arrangement with DC 

Great effort

[helmut_rooster]

33 minutes ago, @owlstalk said:

 

"Followed by Simon Donnelly"

 

If only he could have followed the ball when he played for us.

[Kopparberg]

Gambling companies are all too common in football. 
 

All the younger lads I know get caught up on it. 
 

But what can you do - football sold it’s soul to them. 
 

There is the argument about alcohol sponsoring to. 

[Kopparberg]

1 minute ago, helmut_rooster said:

 

Think it was manderic and Wonga?

Not quite the same but I’ve never liked the season ticket financing companies that we and others have used. 

[RUMBELOWS91]

32 minutes ago, Hitcat said:

We've just sealed a deal with Betamax.

Good job with the Very High Salaries we have to pay 

 

[mildatheart67]

Very good

[@owlstalk]

I know a few people struggling ( very badly) with gambling addiction

It can create massive issues and devstating problems for families and friendships

Here's a bit of information everyone should read

Hope it helps
 

 

 

WHAT IS COMPULSIVE GAMBLING?

There are many and varying interpretations of compulsive gambling. The explanation that seems most acceptable to GA members is that compulsive gambling is an illness, progressive in its nature, which can never be cured, but can be arrested.

 

Before coming to GA, many compulsive gamblers thought of themselves as morally weak or just “no good". The GA concept is that the compulsive gambler is a very sick person who can recover by following a very simple programme, to the best of his or her own ability that has proved successful for thousands of other men and women with a similar problem.

 

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER OUGHT TO DO IN ORDER TO STOP GAMBLING?

To accept the fact that compulsive gambling is a progressive illness and to have the desire to get well. Our experience has shown that the GA programme will always work for anyone who wants to stop gambling. It will seldom work for the man or woman who cannot, or will not, squarely face the facts about this illness.

Only you can make that decision. Most people turn to GA when they become willing to admit that gambling has them licked. Also, in GA a compulsive gambler is described as a person whose gambling has caused growing and continuing problems in many departments of life.

Many GA members went through terrifying experiences before they were ready to accept help. Others were faced with a slow, subtle deterioration which finally brought them to the point of admitting defeat.

 

WHO CAN JOIN GA?

There is only one requirement for membership of GA: you must want to stop your own gambling.

 

DO I NEED TO BOOK?

No. Just go to any meeting at the time and address indicated online, and someone should greet you.

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING?

Absolutely nothing: just yourself and an open mind.

 

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

GA does not charge anyone for attending meetings. That said, each Group and the Fellowship as a whole does incur expenses (e.g. rentals for meeting-places, and the printing and distribution of literature) which must be covered by its members, who are free to give as much or as little as they desire.

 

WHAT IS ANONYMITY?

In GA a member only discloses their first name. The names of attendees and what they say are not repeated outside the meeting. Anonymity has great spiritual and practical value within the Fellowship, and also attracts new members who feel there is a stigma attached to compulsive gambling.

 

WHO RUNS GA?

GA is run by compulsive gamblers for compulsive gamblers.

There is no central government and little formal organisation. There are no officers or executives wielding authority over the Fellowship or individuals.

Certain jobs must be done to ensure that GA continues to function effectively. In undertaking a task, a member may acquire a title, but this is used only to designate an area of service. Those who accept these responsibilities are directly accountable to those they serve.

 

IS GA A RELIGIOUS SOCIETY?

No. GA is composed of people from many religious faiths, along with agnostics and atheists.

The GA Recovery Programme advocates the acceptance of certain spiritual values, but one’s religion and religious beliefs are not relevant.

If the above does not answer your question(s) please feel free to contact us.

Gamblers Anonymous - https://www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk/