Tuesday, 11 August 2009

French football teams blocked by slow government reforms on betting laws

It's not just England, Australia, Spain and Italy with numerous teams wanting to wear betting company logos as their shirt sponsors this year. The French government had promised reform under the threat of sanctions from the EU, and they will... when they get around to it! Meanwhile Lyon, Marseille, Paris St-Germain and Bordeaux will be losing out financially while the government twiddles its thumbs....

Betting Sponsorship Row kicks off

Meanwhile Betfair have signed a deal as the betting partner for Man Utd. Peculiar deal that - no signage as yet, no logo on the website, it would have cost a packet and a huge percentage of United fans are in banned territories such as China and Thailand.

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