Brentford FC and England striker Ivan Tony had guess on a match through which they performed, based on the Soccer Affiliation (FA) Regulatory Fee’s findings launched on Friday.
Final week, the 26-year-old Tony pleaded responsible to 232 violations of the FA Playing Guidelines and obtained an eight-month suspension from skilled soccer in what many seen as a harsh ban. Nonetheless, the fees had been beforehand not believed to be associated to video games through which the participant was personally concerned.
In reality, Tony might contemplate himself fortunate. Underneath FA guidelines, betting on one’s personal recreation might result in a everlasting ban from soccer.
No match-fixing
The fee discovered that Tony had made 26 bets associated to the membership he was registered with on the time. This included 13 events the place he misplaced whereas cheering for his personal workforce, although he wasn’t straight concerned within the recreation.
Out of the matches he performed, he at all times cheered his workforce to victory (16 instances). He additionally stated that on 15 events he guess on his rating at a time when it was not publicly recognized that he can be within the recreation, which fell beneath insider playing. Nonetheless, the fee discovered no proof of match-fixing.
There isn’t a proof that Mr Tony influenced his workforce to lose when betting on their workforce to win, and there’s no proof that he was in any place to take action, and he was not on the workforce on the time. And I wasn’t even eligible to play.”
However the fee stated it discovered that Tony lied about his stake vary and used a 3rd occasion to gamble on his behalf.
Nonetheless, it decreased his sanctions from 14 months to 11 months. Tony had been recognized with a playing habit and sought skilled assist.
Bucking Tony in Brentford
Brentford stated he would “do all the pieces doable” to assist Tony together with his habit. The workforce’s supervisor, Thomas Frank, stated in an announcement that the monetary relationship between soccer and playing must be reviewed. Frank additionally criticized the choice to ban Tony from coaching with the workforce till September.
“I acquired numerous warnings[about gambling],” he stated. “Are we doing sufficient to coach our gamers? The authorities have an enormous job to assist us enhance this additional.
“If I am unable to speak to him, they’re going to should expel me too. If I am unable to assist him, one thing have to be incorrect,” Frank added.
The EPL has voted to ban playing logos on the entrance of jerseys from the top of the 2025/26 season. Playing promoting will nonetheless be prevalent somewhere else, comparable to stadium buyouts.
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