«Breaking News» Ban gambling adverts from football shirts says Church of England

Church of England leaders want the gambling logos of football club sponsors to be banned from players’ shirts.

They are also demanding an end to the use of illuminated advertising hoardings around football pitches.

Their intervention comes as concerns grow over high-profile sports ads by bookmakers and their influence on children.

The Church of England has called for a complete ban on the display of betting company logos on football shirts, as well as an end to the use of illuminated advertising hoardings at games

Dr Alan Smith, pictured, said he is incredibly concerned about the threat posed by gambling companies to young and vulnerable 

Despite a promise by the gambling industry to voluntarily withdraw betting ads this year during the ‘whistle-to-whistle’ period – from five minutes before kick off to five minutes after the end of the match – more than half of TV advertising linked to matches comes in the build-up to games and the post-match analysis.

The Church of England’s demands will come at a meeting this month of its parliament, the General Synod, which is expected to call for a cut in advertising and a levy on bookies to pay for education and addiction treatment programmes.

The pressure follows a Church campaign against high-stakes, fixed-odds betting terminals in betting shops that contributed to curbs brought in by Theresa May on the machines, nicknamed the ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling. From April, the maximum stake punters can make will be slashed from £100 to £2 a time.

The Bishop of St Albans, the Right Reverend Dr Alan Smith, said his attention was drawn to the dangers of gambling advertising after hearing of a boy who rejected the football shirt his parents gave him for Christmas because it lacked the logo of the bookies that sponsored his team and so was ‘not a proper one’.

Dr Smith said: ‘That was a real wake-up call for me. A whole generation of young people have taken on a range of views and attitudes about the norm of gambling.

‘We have changed the enjoyment of sport from sport in itself to something that’s to do with money and betting.’

The bishop called for radical change, adding: ‘We want to see a significant decline in the number of gambling adverts children will see.’

Dr Smith said research showed that over a two-year period, 55,000 teenagers were classified as problem gamblers, adding: ‘We need research data, we need proper treatment. The gambling industry should contribute towards that.’

 

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