> and three clubs (Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, and Chelsea) currently without a front-of-shirt sponsor as a direct or indirect consequence.
Chelsea not having a front of shirt sponsor is completely unrelated. Their last sponsor was Three (the phone company) ant that was 2023 or so
nly•5h ago
Unfortunately this means crypto will just take over completely.
xinayder•1h ago
Crypto is less worse than gambling and sports bets.
fancyfredbot•1h ago
If I'm squeezing enough margin out of my customers that I can afford to sponsor a football team with some of the leftover cash then you probably don't want to deal with me.
Hugsbox•1h ago
Title doesn't appear to be entirely accurate - it would seem they can still have gambling sponsors but can only wear their logos on the sleeves and training kit.
InsideOutSanta•1h ago
It's a step in the right direction, and at this point I'm happy for every improvement we get in our current gambling hellscape.
Hugsbox•53m ago
100% agree, it's a great step, the title is just misleading.
tclancy•43m ago
Everton to be deducted 9 points.
Even though we moved Stake to the sleeves this year.
htrp•39m ago
unclear if the article says that prediction markets are gambling, otherwise this is a massive loophole
raffa667•26m ago
Same happened in Italy, so all betting sites turned into "news" site so you would have teams being spored by "betting_company_name news". Useless. There's a proposal to be back to previous type of sponsorship.
danesparza•22m ago
Perhaps they should ban news sites that cover gambling.
riffraff•7m ago
it's a cat and mouse thing, but the truth is that there is no will to actually do it, because the party who championed this has since moved to other things, and clubs _want_ the money from betting companies because they're struggling to keep up with other leagues (especially since those sponsors _are_ allowed in other leagues).
altmanaltman•17m ago
they literally did not though? just cant have it front and center on the shirt. its like a slow march towards a higher moral ground
7777777phil•7h ago
Chelsea not having a front of shirt sponsor is completely unrelated. Their last sponsor was Three (the phone company) ant that was 2023 or so