Football and other sports are not like they used to be.
Football, in particular, is far ahead of other branches in terms of popularity.
It owes this to the determined efforts of both European and national football federations.
The fox-faced, short-legged, old lecher of Europe is one of the most serious examples of this.
Every country has a similar one.
Anyway, these determined efforts have borne fruit.
Successful journalist Murat Ağırel, whom we frequently see on television, is writing serious things about the betting issue in football.
According to what he wrote, some football teams in the Super League have raked in 400 million liras from just one match.
After deducting expenses, a significant amount of money remained for the clubs.
How, you ask?
From the betting business.
Like the betting company advertisement that a major club took on as a back-of-shirt sponsor.
I am sure that this gambling is just a single example that has been caught on the radar.
Bank interest rates have reached 50 percent.
No one has any money left in their pockets for football extravagance.
Since sponsors are experiencing resource problems, they can unfortunately no longer transfer the desired amounts to the clubs.
In the Super League, revenues are in liras, while payments are in euros.
In other words, the gap between income and expenses is widening logarithmically.
In this situation, clubs are left with two options.
Either they will downsize or they will shut down.
This dilemma has pushed club presidents toward illegitimate paths.
Some took on fraudulent companies as back-of-shirt sponsors, while others entered the betting business.
In an environment where money enters so many snake holes, betting match-fixing was inevitable.
Then the incident spread to the art community, and two celebrities got into trouble.
And that is just for now.
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