Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
Ivan Toney wears a Brentford shirt with Hollywood Bets emblazoned across his chest, yet the hypocrites in the FA/EPL alliance ban him for eight months for betting.

Alan Pace said he would not endorse betting until the W88 chequebook comes out.

The hypocrisy is nauseating.
I think you are misrepresenting the case with Ivan Toney.

It is part of the rules that a professional footballer cannot bet on football matches. As far as I am aware Toney could bet on the horses, cricket, darts you name it.

The FA/PL is enforcing that rule - not simply that he placed bets. It was the same with our Joey and others. Peter Swan was the first, I recall.

I do not think it is hypocrisy on the part of the FA/PL in enforcing a rule that all professionals sign up to. They know the rules.

Whether or not football should be associated with gambling is another matter - but, then, why single out football? Ban gambling being associated with horse racing? I believe that, in their time, jockeys have been found to be betting on races and have been banned.