Ralph Topping, the CEO of sports betting operator William Hill, took on a second job as chairman of soccer's Scottish Premier League.

In a move that illustrates how nonsensical NFL arguments against gambling are, Ralph Topping, the CEO of bookmaker William Hill, was offered and accepted a concurrent post as chairman of the Scottish Premier League, the nation's top soccer organization. The pinnacle of the sports betting operator was named to the post with no worry expressed about potential lack of league match integrity.

The NFL has successfully denied US citizens the fitting to play at sports gambling by insisting that permitting such, outside of Nevada, would irrevocably harm the general public perception  of the football league and its games. Nevada is treated as a mystical land by NFL spokesmen, the invisible place which somehow operates without corrupting influence, while all other attempts to legalize sports betting are met with shudders.

Meanwhile, the realistic European attitude openly recognizes the symbiotic relationship between gambling and sports, one the NFL says doesn't exist while they supply daily injury updates to the players feeding hundreds of billions to illegal sports books. The eu sports leagues see no conflict despite the pinnacle of its top sports betting group also running a top soccer league.

"It is comforting to grasp that, with the hot appointment of Neil Doncaster as chief executive and the appointment today of Ralph Topping as chairman, the SPL could be in good hands," said outgoing chairman Lex Gould.

"I am very excited to be joining the SPL in a task that marries three of my greatest passions: business, Scotland and football," said Topping.

Published on October 16, 2009 by JoshuaMcCarthy

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