Shirt Sponsor 23/24 - BK8

[AV82EC]

Not enough will be my guess.

[Drummond]

In fairness Newcastle fans are sad twats so buy 7 a season, one for each day of the week. Probably a few more as well to keep aside in case of posh functions.

Except matchday, based on years of evidence.

[Dave]

Disappointed it is another betting company but £40 mil is not to be sniffed at

There are betting companies though and there are betting companies and there's a world of difference between this lot and BK8.

I'd never heard of either to be honest. Are Betano, er, better?

If my rudimentary Googling is anything to go by, yes. They just seem to be a Bet365 / Betfair / William Hill sort of operator. So all the usual issues about the morality of gambling advertising apply.

That's not the problem with BK8 and their ilk, who are a whole other kettle of unpleasantness and something we should never have gone near for reasons that are nothing to do with the morality of gambling advertising.

If anyone thinks still thinks that the issue with BK8 was just, "oh, but gambling is A Bad Thing"

Evidence suggests that Aston Villa and Burnley FC’s official Asian betting partner operates from one of the most notorious cyber slavery compounds in Cambodia.

As established by a major report published in January of this year by the United Nations Office Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), ‘Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East and Southeast Asia: A Hidden, Accelerating Threat’, these casinos double up as “cyber slavery farms” where tens of thousands of workers (some estimates quote a figure of 220,000 enslaved workers in the region as a whole), mostly from neighbouring countries such as Vietnam, have been lured by promises of well-paid jobs in accountancy, administration, communications or IT services.

Once there, their passports are confiscated, and they are forced to participate in criminal activities such as scamming, ‘pig butchering’, honey-trapping, fraud, illegal online betting and money-laundering on a barely imaginable scale.

As illustrated by multiple cases which have come to light in the last couple of years, and corroborated by horrific videos which have been shared on social platforms, those who refuse to cooperate are subjected to threats and violence, including sexual assault and torture

And polluting the front of our shirts as recently as 48 hours ago.

[Sexual Ealing]

Gross.

[AV84]

Based off our Conference League fixtures, there's a fair few countries where betting sponsors are already banned. I wonder if we'll be allowed have the Acorns logo on the kits if we have to play in any of those countries in this competition. Would be great exposure for a charity.

[Bad English]

I wondered why the Villa were everywhere in Cambodia. At luggage collection, outside the airport on hoardings, on Tuk Tuks...

[Footy-Vill]

Our old shirt sponsor Cazoo is going to fold.
As we progress they decline!
I'm going to have get rid of the rest of my Cazoo related gear at the end of season.
Can I point people in direction of
Kits4Causes
There's a very nice Oldbury based charity to Donate football stuff
https://www.kits4causes.org/donate.html

[eamonn]

The Villa curse...another sponsor goes kaput. Shame it's not more of the betting companies.

[Dogtanian]

The Villa curse...another sponsor goes kaput. Shame it's not more of the betting companies.

Maybe we should get Man City to sponsor us.

[Dogtanian]

Our old shirt sponsor Cazoo is going to fold.
As we progress they decline!
I'm going to have get rid of the rest of my Cazoo related gear at the end of season.
Can I point people in direction of
Kits4Causes
There's a very nice Oldbury based charity to Donate football stuff
https://www.kits4causes.org/donate.html

Are you getting rid of them because Cazoo will be defunkt?

[Footy-Vill]

Our old shirt sponsor Cazoo is going to fold.
As we progress they decline!
I'm going to have get rid of the rest of my Cazoo related gear at the end of season.
Can I point people in direction of
Kits4Causes
There's a very nice Oldbury based charity to Donate football stuff
https://www.kits4causes.org/donate.html

Are you getting rid of them because Cazoo will be defunkt?

Yes. I will be making way for Adidas and Champions League level kit!

[Dogtanian]

You don't have to wear them all at once, Footy! 

[Edvard Remberg]

I wondered why the Villa were everywhere in Cambodia. At luggage collection, outside the airport on hoardings, on Tuk Tuks...

Now it makes sense - it was to encourage all the kidnapped helpdesk workers*

*I know it isn't a laughing matter