Tag: Football Association
FA confirms worldwide betting ban for footballers in England
May 23, 2014
iGaming Business – The English Football Association (FA) national governing body has announced that all professional footballers in the country will be banned from betting on any match or competition in the world from next season. An earlier proposal by the FA to implement the new rules was ratified by the governing body’s shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. The new rules, which will come into force on August 1, will apply to professional players in the top eight tiers of English football – the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Conference and top Northern, Southern…