The English Football Association (FA) is rethinking its partnerships with betting operators while also seeking to impose a ‘betting right’ on bookmakers.

On Thursday, the Telegraph reported that the FA was reviewing whether it was appropriate for the sports body to have commercial tie-ups with gambling and alcohol firms. The FA inked a “long-term agreement” with bookmakers Ladbrokes last June and the FA also has deals with brewers Budweiser, Carling and Carlsberg.

The FA has been reeling from a raft of bad press, including last month’s suspension of former Burnley midfielder Joey Barton from all football activity for 18 months after Barton’s fondness for betting on football matches became widespread knowledge (or, more accurately, became more widespread).

However, the Times reported that FA chairman Greg Clarke had ordered a review of the FA’s betting and booze bonanza at the start of the season, and that the review was not a kneejerk, CYA reaction to the accusations of hypocrisy leveled at the FA in the wake of Barton’s punishment, the duration of which likely spells the end of his colorful football career.