Barnsley are attempting to finish a brand new front-of-shirt sponsorship settlement with a cryptocurrency web site after an investigation into discriminatory and abusive social media posts.
The League One membership introduced the cope with HEX.com final week however are already searching for to terminate it after their supporters’ belief raised considerations over on-line posts, which it believed had come from people who claimed to have brokered the deal.
Barnsley introduced on Tuesday they have been investigating the posts and on Friday morning launched an announcement which learn: “Barnsley Soccer Membership worth our followers and our core beliefs above every little thing else. Following current occasions and a subsequent investigation, the membership has assessed its relationship with its entrance of blouse sponsor and has taken steps to finish that relationship with quick impact.
Membership Assertion | Entrance of blouse sponsor
— Barnsley FC (@BarnsleyFC) August 12, 2022
“The HEX.com brand is not going to seem on the group’s kits going ahead. Additional remark will likely be issued in the end.”
The supporters’ belief is working with the Soccer Supporters’ Affiliation to name on the sport’s authorities to create a set of widespread requirements for any cryptocurrency partnership a membership or league enters into, and to foyer golf equipment to hold out due diligence on any present or future cryptocurrency companions.
Cryptocurrencies usually are not at current regulated within the UK.
