Chilean Soccer Clubs Raise Concerns Over ANFP’s Connection with Sports Betting Company

2024-07-04 03:52:14

Shaking in the sile soccer generated in the last hours, after a complaint against the ANFP in relation to his connection with Sports Geniuscompany a defined on your web page as a “betting data specialist”.

specific, O’Higgins, Palestine and Deportes Iquique sent a letter to Pablo Miladpresident of the governing body of Creole football, to express “a serious situation affecting our football and, in particular, youth football, which could have a serious impact on the training process professional clubs and, as a result, Chilean soccer.”

In the letter, revealed by 24 Horas, the three teams competing in the National Championship were specified, for example, that a youth soccer game from Iquique was listed in an online betting house.

“When the President of Deportes Iquique was alerted to this situation, he ordered that the match not be broadcast. However, despite the measures taken, The Club warned that the match was still on the betting platform and that someone was present at the match to report the details of the match on the mobile phone.. While investigating this person, it was found that this person provides services to the company Genius Sports,” they said.

This situation, according to the writing, It was repeated in another Palestinian duelalthough “in the case of OHiggins, a Genius Sports credential holder regularly attends youth football matches and his entry is authorized by the club, in accordance with ANFP instructions.”

“This company has a commercial relationship with the ANFP in two areas. On the one hand, it pays for access to competition data, investigates and provides background information on possible behavior leading to match-fixing, which we must always ensure, but in an efficient way and not through simple data from a pollsterthat nothing is said about questionable attitudes or facts that should be investigated,” say the clubs involved in the complaint.

In summary, O’Higgins, Palestine and Deportes Iquique warn Pablo Milad that such events mean “fertile ground for the future normalization of these appalling and unfathomable behaviours, with the consequences they may have in future first division competitions.“.

“Also, it is a the statutory duty of the ANFP and the Clubs, to promote integrity, ethical behavior and sportsmanshipin order to ensure the full development of the competitions and to prevent methods or practices that could endanger the players, the coaching staff, the referees and our sport in general,” they said, but not before telling that FIFA is breaking a rule.

“It is so, yes FIFA itself is the one that regulates this situation in its Code of Ethics, saying that it is forbidden to have any kind of interest, directly or indirectly (through third parties or their collaboration), in entities, companies, organizations., etc. that promotes, negotiates, or conducts bets, games of chance, lotteries or similar events or transactions related to football games or competitions,” they concluded.