Sydney cult hero Tom Papley says he has realized from his errors — however won’t shut down his controversial playing podcast.
The Swans star has been on the centre of an Office of Responsible Gambling storm surrounding his private podcast The Early Crow.
The Australian Financial Review this week revealed the Office of Responsible Gambling has demanded an evidence from the Swans over considerations round Papley’s feedback on the playing podcast.
Leading AFL journalist Damian Barrett mentioned on The Sounding Board Podcast this week that the membership “has a problem” on its arms.
Papley has repeatedly proven curiosity in horse racing and seems on SEN radio present Track.
However, he takes issues a lot additional in his non-public podcast with Early Crow co-host Jack Dickens, who’s a self-proclaimed skilled punter.
The AFL’s strict betting coverage bans gamers, AFL employees, and membership officers from betting on AFL video games.
Papley has made it clear he doesn’t wager on AFL matches. Teammate Nick Blakey, who featured in a current episode on the podcast, additionally made it clear he doesn’t wager on AFL matches.
The greater downside for the soccer membership is its extremely publicised stance as an anti-gambling organisation.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the Swans are within the third yr of a partnership with GambleAware and the Reclaim the Game initiative which goals to sort out the normalising of sports activities betting.
The sponsorship deal consists of public cash being paid to the membership.
The NSW Office of Responsible Gambling has now requested for a please clarify.
“While there is no affiliation between the Swans and the aforementioned podcast, we have raised concerns directly with the Swans, who are treating the matter very seriously,” a spokesperson for the Responsible Gambling workplace mentioned.
“The Office of Responsible Gambling works closely with the Sydney Swans and has confidence in their ongoing commitment to Reclaim the Game.”
The Swans don’t have any affiliation with Papley’s podcast.
Sydney Chairman Andrew Pridham has advised News Corp: “We’re obviously disappointed that’s occurred, we’ve spoken to Tom.
“I think we’re well aware of it and it’s something we want to manage carefully.
“We obviously have a lot of corporate partners and GambleAware is one of them. It’s important to us that we respect those corporate partners.
“Anyone that’s associated with the club and what they’re doing in relation to our brand – we can’t control what people do outside of our brand, everyone is a free citizen – but that everyone demonstrates alignment with what we support.”
Papley on Thursday morning addressed the furore for the primary time in a video shared on The Early Crow’s Twitter web page.
He mentioned the podcast will proceed, however will solely supply betting recommendation “accountably”.
“Obviously you guys would have seen a lot of media around the Early Crow,” he mentioned.
“We’ve learnt from our mistakes. We know it’s very important to gamble responsibly. Going forward we will be very careful in what we say.”
Barrett earlier this week mentioned Papley’s place additionally put him offside with Swans teammates, who’ve beforehand spoken publicly to take an anti-gambling stance.
“The Sydney Swans are in that zone of wanting to present to the world of being perfect. They want to present that they are the perfect operators of everything and there’s a couple issues that have made the news.
“We’re not having any gambling at our stadiums on match day because we’re above all that.
Taking money from anti-gambling agencies.
“The Sydney Swans are in that zone of wanting to present to the world of being perfect. They’re all about image,” Barrett mentioned.
“(They made) a big song a dance around we’re not having any gambling in our stadiums on matchday because ‘we’re above all of that’.
“We also know, too, they are taking money from an anti-gambling body in New South Wales, and that’s all fine too.
“(But) they’ve got a problem … with Tom Papley (and his) involvement with another podcast that promotes gambling.”
Source: www.news.com.au
