If you play football AT ALL, you cannot bet on it AT ALL

[Rourke]

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/socc...s-for-betting-on-aleague-20150622-ghuylm.html

And here are the FFA regulations: http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/dct/ffa-dtc-performgroup-eu-west-1/FFA Sports Betting and Match Fixing Guidelines_1k4r8k13as2q01itr9lls2gxgr.pdf

This seems OTT: if you're playing in a local social league you can't bet on the A-League? If you are running the sidelines for your kid's team, you can't bet on the World Cup. There goes a big chunk of the market, i.e. anyone interested enough in soccer to actually play or get involved with a team. I wonder if other sports are heading this way, or alternatively would it be challenged legally.

 

[Lensen]

lol the bureaucratic bullshit that goes on with local sport, how ridiculous is this

 

[kickazz]

Can understand FFA being more sensitive than others regarding this given the match-fixing convictions in state leagues last year, but I don't see how this would help and it really seems way over the top, impossible to police, et cetera, et cetera.

 

[chunkylover]

You can bet on WA state league soccer with the tab. Anyone in the know re injuries or who may not be trying this week can clean up. Reckon its the equivalent of waca grade cricket and i couldnt imagine an interest in betting on that

 

[inamedthegiants]

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/socc...s-for-betting-on-aleague-20150622-ghuylm.html

And here are the FFA regulations: http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/dct/ffa-dtc-performgroup-eu-west-1/FFA Sports Betting and Match Fixing Guidelines_1k4r8k13as2q01itr9lls2gxgr.pdf

This seems OTT: if you're playing in a local social league you can't bet on the A-League? If you are running the sidelines for your kid's team, you can't bet on the World Cup. There goes a big chunk of the market, i.e. anyone interested enough in soccer to actually play or get involved with a team. I wonder if other sports are heading this way, or alternatively would it be challenged legally.

Mate of mine is a technical director for a club in Western Sydney. Gets paid about $200k a year.

Has on average 7-8 multis on soccer every week.

 

[BORK]

Pretty hard to watch 90 minutes of an A-League match with two neutral sides if you do not have your mortgage payments riding on it. The foxtel ratings for games not involving big name clubs are bad enough without that kind of deterrent added.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

You can bet on WA state league soccer with the tab. Anyone in the know re injuries or who may not be trying this week can clean up. Reckon its the equivalent of waca grade cricket and i couldnt imagine an interest in betting on that

Thing with any "local" sport is bets of any sizeable amount aren't accepted and the markets shut straight down.

Bookies aren't stupid, they know local sport is ripe for corruption and inside knowledge. They're awake to it.