Plans to fund grassroots football through a gambling levy are “inappropriate”, according to the association promoting responsible betting. Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn has proposed a levy on gambling companies to secure grassroots funding in the wake of the Wembley sale collapse. “What’s surprising is that football already receives large volumes of revenue from the gambling industry; serious amounts of cash flow from the gambling industry to football,” Wilmot told Press Association Sport. Now Glenn wants the FA to pursue a levy from bookmakers on football gambling, a move that would require government legislation. Surely it should be looking to its own revenue streams from the gambling industry.

Source: Irish Examiner October 26, 2018 14:03 UTC