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Gaelic Athletic Association Congress May Ban Gambling Shirt Sponsors

On Saturday, a motion from Central Council to Gaelic Athletic Association Congress will "seek to end sponsorships from betting firms," according to Dermot Crowe of the IRISH INDEPENDENT. The GAA's position has been "hardening," following submissions to legislators calling for tighter regulations and last year's Congress motion "which made betting on a match your own team is involved in a breach of rule." As it stands, the impact on county teams of this latest proposed measure "would be virtually nil," with none of the 32 featuring a betting company as its chief sponsor. Armagh has a large betting firm on its list of official partners, but the industry has had "little impact in sponsoring GAA teams and competitions." It is "more prevalent but not widespread at club level." In Leitrim, the junior championship has a local independent bookmaker as sponsor. In Crossmaglen, the football team has been backed by a large bookmaking firm since '08. Former gambling addict Oisín McConville helped launch a joint Gaelic Players Association-GAA initiative on "tackling gambling addiction" in '14, producing a set of guidelines for clubs to help those affected. McConville: "I think this motion shows the GAA is standing up and doing something and making sure it is not something which becomes more infiltrated" (IRISH INDEPENDENT, 2/18).

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