Education Top Idea
The integrity issue within the international sports industry has become a real
campaign issue right now and a platform for a lot of critics of the global
online casino and betting industry. There are some very real problems in the
past year with sporting teams compromising the sport and the entire integrity of
the industry by throwing matches. There have been few proven incidences, but the
betting sites in the UK and Europe have reported suspicious betting patterns at
the online casinos and sports betting operators that indicate that there may be
some foul play. To counter this alarming trend, the European Union Athletes’
Association is teaming up with the sports bookies themselves to launch an
education campaign within the sporting industry.
The campaign is designed to re-educate the professional athletes and give them a
much better understanding of what integrity in sports means, as well as the
dramatic impact that unethical and illegal behaviour can have on the sporting
industry if it continues. The online casinos and bookies are on board with this
education campaign because they also lose money when the sporting games are
thrown. The campaign outlines the rules that have been developed by the European
Gaming and Betting Association to address just precisely this issue.
All of the new rules and all that will be outlined by the online casinos and
bookies really just reiterate state and national sports laws that are already in
place. The campaign is intended to create a new consciousness around the issue
and really encourage professional athletes to have pride in their game and keep
the games operating with full sports integrity all over Europe. |