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Martin Glenn, the head of English soccer\u2019s governing body, the Football Association (FA), has called for a levy to be imposed on the gambling industry to fund amateur soccer in the country.<\/p>\n

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Martin Glenn recently failed to convince the FA council to sell Wembley Stadium for $600 million, money that would have gone to fund facilities for amateur soccer. The betting industry is not enamored of his backup plan. (Image: The Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph<\/em> on Thursday, Glenn suggested a cash pool for soccer derived from bookmakers\u2019 revenues would be a \u201cfair return\u201d for companies that \u201cuse our intellectual property.\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea has echoes of the \u201cintegrity fee<\/a>\u201d that sports leagues have demanded from operators in newly liberalized US sports betting markets, which has lately been rebranded a \u201croyalty fee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wembley Deal Scuttled<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Glenn\u2019s words come shortly after his failed attempt to sell the FA-owned Wembley Stadium, home to the England national soccer team, to US-Pakistani businessman Shahid Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and EPL team Fulham FC.<\/p>\n

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The FA would have used the money from the \u00a3600 million ($773 million) deal to fund amateur soccer facilities throughout the UK. Khan withdrew the offer last week, calling it \u201ctoo divisive\u201d after it became clear that a significant section of the 127-strong FA council was not backing the proposal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But the gambling industry has reacted angrily to Glenn\u2019s backup plan. Clive Hawkswood, chief executive of the Remote Gambling Association said that the betting industry is already heavily taxed and currently pays for the use of the FA\u2019s intellectual property rights.<\/p>\n

“Alongside that, significant funds flow from the betting to the football industries through a range of commercial partnerships such as sponsorship, advertising and joint ventures, he added.<\/p>\n

“If the football authorities wish to use some of those funds to support grassroots football then that is an option they might consider, but there is no basis whatsoever for the introduction of a statutory betting levy to support what most people would consider to be an extremely wealthy sport,” said Hawkswood.<\/p>\n

FA Should \u2018Break Reliance\u2019 on Gambling<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Gillian Wilmot, chairman of the Senet Group, which manages responsible gambling for the bookmaking industry, said in a statement to the Press Association that bookmakers already pay a premium for advertising alongside live soccer and other sports — money that goes to broadcasters, which in turn benefits sports through the sale of broadcast rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of looking to further monetize gambling\u2019s relationship with live sport, the FA, clubs and broadcasters should be looking to work with the gambling industry to reduce the amount of gambling advertising around football<\/a>,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is in the interests of protecting young people from any potential future harm.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In 2017, researchers analyzing three episodes of BBC 1\u2019s flagship soccer highlights show Match of the Day<\/em> found that gambling logos appeared on the screen for between 71 percent and 89 percent of the time, despite BBC 1 being a non-commercial channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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