The Ivan Toney's Case and You

[Strongkored]

How did you become aware that your friend is struggling with gambling addiction, and what actions have you taken to help them to over it?

Really can't understand that gambling addiction can make him also make bets only to lose because this is really crazy and difficult for common sense to digest, and what's even more unreasonable is how he as a gambling addict can still appear productive for his club, because he only under Haaland and Kane this season as the top scorer and one goal more than Mohammed Salah from Liverpool, I mean how can he survive with a state of addiction even though we know the competition in the Premier League is very tight. He can still have a career and I think his club should help him get out of that addiction because after all he has made a big contribution to Brentford.
I haven't found anyone close to me who is addicted to gambling but I don't think it will be seen just by looking at his daily life unless he tells the truth.

[Viscore]

How is his career over? He is banned for eight months, not for life.

But it will be over soon. What he did is a very good example of sports rigging, and the worst thing is that he bet on his team to lose, which obviously means he will do everything to ensure that they lose. This is unacceptable. I have a feeling that the 8-month ban was only temporary and it could be upgraded to a permanent ban, or no team will renew his contract when it is over.

[Slow death]

How is his career over? He is banned for eight months, not for life.

But it will be over soon. What he did is a very good example of sports rigging, and the worst thing is that he bet on his team to lose, which obviously means he will do everything to ensure that they lose. This is unacceptable. I have a feeling that the 8-month ban was only temporary and it could be upgraded to a permanent ban, or no team will renew his contract when it is over.

well according to what i read it was that they wanted to give him a 15 months punishment but as he confessed to everything and a psychologist said he was addicted to gambling and he needed help so he had this 8 months punishment but the The biggest problem now for him is that when 8 months pass, how will he be able to prove that he is cured of gambling addiction, since currently with a smartphone people can be playing and lying that they are not playing, at the same time that he has passed 8 months without playing can leave him with less talent than he had before he stopped playing

and all teams don't want problematic players mainly addicted to gambling and with 8 months away from the field the teams won't want him because they can have better active players, in my opinion his career as a professional player ended the moment he was condemned to 8 months without playing and it was proven that he is addicted to gambling, he will have to take care of his health, fight to heal and look for another job, it is a sad scenario because he would have a good future in soccer but he destroyed everything because of a gambling addiction

[ethereumhunter]

How is his career over? He is banned for eight months, not for life.

But it will be over soon. What he did is a very good example of sports rigging, and the worst thing is that he bet on his team to lose, which obviously means he will do everything to ensure that they lose. This is unacceptable. I have a feeling that the 8-month ban was only temporary and it could be upgraded to a permanent ban, or no team will renew his contract when it is over.

When someone has tarnished their reputation from a business or other, people will not think of it as meaningful and will forget about it. In this case, maybe he wouldn't get a second chance to show his skills because he had made a mistake that others thought was fatal. But I don't know if he still has power with the people around him or if he is still influential, he might be able to continue his career again. Anything can happen and maybe we can wait until the 8 month ban ends to find out how it turns out.

[swogerino]

Latest news headline on different news outlets

Ivan Toney placed 13 historical bets on his own club to lose and has been diagnosed with a gambling addiction, as the written reasons for his eight-month ban were revealed by the FA.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12889780/ivan-toney-brentford-striker-diagnosed-with-gambling-addiction-as-fa-release-written-reasons-into-eight-month-ban

The consequence of betting addiction are so huge that it not only affects the individual but also impacts everything around them. Besides having a bad reputation, and facing ban, Ivan's career is already over.  Although there are critics of the ban by the FA, in my opinion, it doesn't hold any water. The deed has been done, and even if they overturn their judgement one thing is sure; he has a gambling problem. It is already out there and will be there forever.

As you are reading this, it's quite common for many of us to have a friend or family member similar to Ivan. How did you become aware that your friend is struggling with gambling addiction, and what actions have you taken to help them to over it?

It is easy to become addicted especially if you browse the gambling websites daily,you like slot machines as they are the strongest driver to bring anyone to addiction.This Ivan guy placed sport bets at least and honestly the sport bets took him some months and I don't think that is real gambling addiction.The real gambling addiction is when you cannot stay without gambling for a short period of time,I have suffered this myself in 2019-2020 when I become slot obsessed at that time and could not think about anything else.I don't have a friend addicted as I have only a couple of close friends which do not gamble nor are addicted,while personally I came out of addiction thanks to my self determination which I start putting a limit on every session I took,it took sometime to achieve it,in fact it took a couple of years but setting limits did set me free.