The club sells alcohol inside the ground and allows smoking, both of which are highly addictive and responsible for worse evils & the sort of serious illnesses betting can only dream of causing… Perhaps we should consider a temperance stadium in further & zero tolerance on smoking inside the ground?
* Stands back to admire the girth of the ludicrous strawman that's just been constructed.Yes. I’m sure Herr Crouch’s first decree as director will be to ban community initiatives, promoting diversity, charity collections and anything else positive that the club has aligned itself with over the years
You seem to speak for a lot of people but at the moment this thread has been dominated by less than a couple of dozen at most if that…
You really are unable to comprehend why some fans may be unimpressed with a gambling-promoting celebrity joining the board, aren't you?
I think you are seriously underestimating the damage that betting causes.
I dunno. What do you think about Crouch's appointment and his involvement with the gambling industry?
So you’re happy that two worse addictions are tolerated by the club?
how do you work out your addiction rankings?
I also know the damage alcohol and cigarettes cause.. Very personally in both cases…
No one committed suicide or committed DV because they smoked!
World of difference between 'tolerating' something on the terraces and inviting the face of a gambling company into your boardroom.
I’d probably start with deaths about 80000 a year from smoking related diseases alone. According to the NHS there are nearly 8 problem drinkers in the U.K. There are around 7 million smokers in the U.K. Even at the highest estimate these numbers dwarf the number of problem gamblers at around 400,000. So if we are to crack down on one why not the others?
if there are nearly 8 problem drinkers in the uk then i'd start with that as it shouldn't take too long to resolve. the other problems seem like they'd need more work so let's start with the quick win
If a club claims to be strongly opposed to gambling, you don't install the most high profile pro-gambling celebrity in the UK to be on the fucking board. Why can't you see that?
Strange argument given the level of domestic violence & suicide linked to alcohol abuse which you seem to have conveniently ignored.
7 million… If we’d had that many fans back then we wouldn’t be talking here..
to be fair smoking is really committing suicide slowly
Why, thank you for asking, young man. I have my views but they won't bring anything new to the table.
yeh but you might still post them up: it is the urban way
But that’s your own choice! And it’s not guaranteed!
As I very well know… The level of addiction not only eats away at one’s body through the likes of cancer but also financially. I have genuinely saved thousands since I quit after coming within weeks of my body shutting down thanks to a seriously aggressive cancer…
to an extent. loads of people start and then find it very difficult to stop even if they really want to.
One could use that argument for any addiction
