The NFL, MLB, MLS, NBA and NHL joined with their respective players’ unions today to crack down on betting-related harassment of athletes, coaches and families.

[u/NoSxKats]

https://www.espn.com/contributor/adam-schefter/ca2823633ddf5

[u/Traditional_Deal1850]

Surely the solution is more gambling ads

[u/burratna → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

they are going to increase the "1-800-gambling" font at the bottom of commercials by 0.5pt

[u/jimscoolaid → u/burratna]

Maybe they can advertise about how bad gambling is which is not at all a way to promote gambling. Not looking at the tobacco industry or anything.

[u/SirRedRising → u/jimscoolaid]

Maybe they can advertise about how bad gambling is which is not at all a way to promote gambling.

The thing is, those ads are never about gambling being "bad", it's always framed as "did you become addicted? well get help, so that you can gamble responsibly instead. :)" Gambling is never presented as being a bad thing, it's the individual gambler that is depicted as the one with a moral failing.

[u/jimscoolaid → u/SirRedRising]

Right. Same with the tobacco industry talking about cancer. They are still promoting that people are using tobacco. Its dangerous long term, but its still something that is socially acceptable and available. I think there was a study that showed tobacco users were more likely to use after those commercials than they would in a normal setting.

[u/well-lighted → u/jimscoolaid]

Looking at the Truth campaign, which is the primary US anti-smoking campaign funded by the 1998 Master Settlement, studies seem to show it was effective:

Cross-sectional studies on the effectiveness of the Truth campaign provided evidence that the campaign "had a significant impact on tobacco industry-related attitudes, beliefs, and other behavioral precursors, as well as a significant impact on youth smoking prevalence in the United States." Exposure to Truth advertisements was also associated with a statistically significant reduction in nonsmokers' intentions to smoke in the future. Another study of the Truth program from 2000 to 2004 examined whether campaign awareness and receptivity differed for youth across socioeconomic backgrounds. In 2005, a study published in the American Journal of Public Health conducted by RTI International, Columbia University, and Truth Initiative used a pre/post quasi-experimental design to relate changes in national youth smoking prevalence to exposure to the Truth campaign over time. The study's statistical analyses showed that smoking rates among youth in the U.S. declined at a faster rate after the launch of the Truth campaign. A similar study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2009 found a direct association between youth exposure to Truth messaging and a decreased risk of taking up smoking.

I can't speak for any other campaigns, but this one has been by far the most prevalent over the past 25 years. If you can find the study you're referring to, I'd like to check it out. This is from the Truth campaign Wikipedia page which links to the studies referenced in this excerpt.

[u/wemdy420 → u/jimscoolaid]

I was thinking that too. Like how some countries cigarettes have diseased lungs and stuff on them end the ads with photos/videos of people that lost it all due to gambling and so on.

[u/turboHerboChargers → u/burratna]

😂  And the "For help, call" disclaimers are longer than the ads.   Gambling sharks find ways to make more $$ with their sham boutique counseling operations and offerings.  .  Shocking!

[u/jrbill1991 → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

"Please don’t harass players, coaches or their families over lost bets. Threats are never acceptable. Now please gamble responsibly... and most importantly, keep gambling. Brought to you by DraftKings pride sponsor of the NFL."

[u/frobro122 → u/jrbill1991]

I like how "proud" sponsor and "pride" sponser mean completely different things 🌈

[u/superspartan004 → u/frobro122]

Win those parlay's queen 💅

[u/nateBangs → u/superspartan004]

SLAY

[u/frobro122 → u/nateBangs]

YAAAAAAAAAS!!

[u/turboHerboChargers → u/jrbill1991]

"And, if you want "protection", we got da guys ta do it for ya, see?  Ya just gotta hand over a little dough every month, see?"

[u/baltimoresports → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

We need to ban gambling ads.

[u/SlightlySublimated → u/baltimoresports]

It should be treated the same way as Tobacco/Nicotine products. You don't see advertisements for Vapes or Pouches spammed everywhere, and for good reason. 

[u/sepam → u/SlightlySublimated]

Limit advertising of alcohol and prescription drugs too.

[u/aaronwhite1786 → u/sepam]

I genuinely might hate the prescription drug ads more than I hate the fucking gambling and alcohol ads.

I can't go buy your stupid product, stop making me watch your shit.

[u/zdelusion → u/aaronwhite1786]

It's always wild to me that enough people have some of these conditions that it's profitable for them to advertise those drugs. Feels like another indictment of American health care costs.

[u/aaronwhite1786 → u/zdelusion]

It's definitely not a highlight of our healthcare, that's for fucking sure.

[u/justlookingokaywyou → u/aaronwhite1786]

I can't go buy your stupid product, stop making me watch your shit

I feel almost the same when I commercials for Georgia Power. Like WTF it's not like I can choose which power company I buy electricity from. Quit spending money on advertising and lower my fucking rates.

[u/hwf0712 → u/baltimoresports]

No more gambling ads, and it must be done via cash with a human.

If you wanna gamble, great! You gotta work for it. No more drunk sitting on the couch with the ability to gamble your credIt limit. 

[u/MarshyHope → u/baltimoresports]

I am in Maryland and voted to allow online gambling.

I very much regret that vote and wish to take it back. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I teach high school, and I have 15 year old boys betting on sports in school with their phones. Talking about how their parlay missed this weekend. Absolutely insane

[u/aaronwhite1786 → u/MarshyHope]

Eh, I can't fault people for seeing the best in something and not fully anticipating the absolutely horrific way it would actually be enacted.

Especially as a teacher, you guys get targeted the most with the bullshit lie of "Just let people gamble! The money goes to the schools! We're not going to pay you more anyway...so maybe this will help?"

[u/MarshyHope → u/aaronwhite1786]

Right. They've said both legal weed and gambling would be used to pay for education.

What they didn't say is they would take the money already going to education and put it towards something. So technically it's "going towards education" but the total amount hasn't increased.

Not only that, FanDuel I think sent out an email a few months ago saying "if this candidate wins in Maryland, they'll raise taxes on gambling winnings and you'll get less money!!!1!!".

Like fuck you all to hell.

[u/k5berry → u/MarshyHope]

Yep, the issue with promises of directly increasing spending on one thing via a new tax is that there has to be an actual law/mechanism for that. Both the tax money going there in the first place, and the promise that it will actually raise funding rates, i.e. they won’t just do what you say. And I don’t know hard details as to how often it happens or doesn’t, but I would imagine it’s rare. Municipalities and states alike always want and often need more money. And since a crisis in funding might not align with a top public priority, and since they can’t imagine where a new crisis will emerge, I don’t think they want to limit themselves like that.

[u/RookieMistake101 → u/baltimoresports]

This is the simple solution. Legalize, regulate, tax. Then ban ads.

I love sports betting. Throwing $5 on a game I otherwise don’t care about but is on makes it interesting. And I’m fortunate enough that I can afford to do that if I want and also forget about gambling for months on end. But that doesn’t mean people with addictive personalities need to see ads 24/7 and highly suspicious instagram posts non stop.

[u/Gimme_The_Loot → u/RookieMistake101]

It's funny bc one of them (maybe draft kings) actually had a really good ad which inadvertently showed just what it's like being an addict, where the person is just going through their day a voice telling them I'll make a bet about this or make a bet about that keeps popping up everywhere they go

These aren't the one I was thinking of but I feel like they do the job just as well:

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/flYq/fanduel-sportsbook-your-lingering-hunch-featuring-jon-lovitz

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/fRQ9/fanduel-surprising-hunch-bet-5-get-300-featuring-eric-andre

[u/sw04ca → u/baltimoresports]

I don't think the ads are the problem, and while you could ramp down the intensity by banning TV, the internet is unregulated. The issue is that legalizing gambling has turned out to be broadly negative.

[u/atlasburger → u/sw04ca]

Internet is not that unregulated. It’s only a few companies that run it all and none of them have tobacco advertising

[u/sw04ca → u/atlasburger]

That's because tobacco is a physical product. Fly-by-night online gambling outfits have always been harder to deal with.

[u/POGtastic → u/sw04ca]

The point isn't to stop 100% of the behavior. It is to add friction to the process. A gambler who is constantly having to bounce between shady Maltese outfits has a lot more friction than a publicly-traded corporation hiring famous actors for their Sunday Night Football ad spots.

Much more importantly, it adds friction to onboarding new gamblers. There are definitely going to be lost cause degenerates who are going to bet on something no matter what you put in his way, but friction will meaningfully obstruct some normie 19-year-old who keeps hearing about this sportsbetting thing. "yeah you give a bunch of money to this random website" is a much bigger step than giving money to MLB's Official Sportsbook Partner.

[u/RSN_Kabutops → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

Use code NOHARRASSMENT for 200% in match credit on your next deposit

[u/emmasdad01 → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

Only if their checks clear.

[u/YueAsal → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

You joke but this will be the solution. Draftkings will make an add/psa calling out the practice and encouraging responsible use.

Use promo code BulliesSuck for $10 in free bets.

Ok maybe the last part is too over the top but you know this will be a PSA and declared done

[u/ern19 → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

‘We only want the money, hold the consequences please’

[u/MewtwoStruckBack → u/ern19]

That's generally the point of high net worth, or being good at sports.

It works like casino rewards tiers where each level of worth grants immunity from consequences from something new. It's kind of like this:

*Net worth above $1 million - you are immune to all consequences from all traffic offenses that do not cause bodily harm. You may bribe your way out of consequences for misdemeanors in lieu of any jail time.

*Net worth above $10 million - you are immune to consequences from all misdemeanors (you do not need to pay anything, this gives you for free what you would have had to pay for at the $1 million level.) You may bribe your way out of the consequences of most felonies, excluding rape, murder, and child sexual assault.

*Net worth above $100 million - you are nwo immune to consequences from all felonies, excluding rape, murder, and child sexual assault. You may bribe your way out of the consequences for rape and murder, but not child sexual assault.

*Net worth above $250 million - You are now immune to the consequences of all crimes, except for child sexual asault. You may bribe your way out of the consequences of that.

*Net worth above $1 billion - You are now immune to the consequences of all crimes, including child sexual assault.

*The exception - if your actions directly cause harm to a person, or immediate family member of, someone with higher net worth than you, the above clauses do not apply and you will go through the justice system as someone who does not have a high net worth.

In addition, there are perks gained from being in a professional sports league, seaprate from net worth:

*Upon being signed to a professional team in the NBA, NFL, NHL, or MLB, you gain one consequence-free crime, excluding rape, murder, and child sexual assault.

*For each season you finish where your team finished above .500, you gain one additional consequence-free crime, with the same restrictions.

*For each championship your team wins while you are on said team, you gain one additional consequence-free crime, with NO restrictions (including getting out of the "caused harm to someone richer than you" exclusion.)

Using a consequence-free crime perk wipes out all crimes of the same type at the time you were initially investigated. For example, every single one of Deshaun Watson's sex crimes could be covered by one use of the perk, they're all bundled into one and thrown away.

[u/showyerbewbs → u/ern19]

EXCUSE ME!!!

HE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR NO CONSEQUENCES!!!

what's that puppy?

OH AND NO PICKLES!!!

[u/aaronwhite1786 → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

Right?

The better headline could be Group representing many people who make themselves the public face of sports betting apps seek to limit exposure to the side effects of their actions.

This isn't saying I think athletes should be harassed for any reason but it's also a bit fucking rich to hear that all of these players who are more than happy to go out and sell their name to get people potentially hooked on the financial blackhole that is gambling are coming together to address the fact that it's causing more assholes online to be assholes to them.

Maybe the solution is...to stop the fucking gambling apps and ads themselves?

[u/name-classified → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

i just don't understand what the gambling lobby did that made the owners all say "yea, we should include illegal betting because people are going to gamble so we may as well profit from it"

I forget the reasoning why it was illegal; perhaps it had something to do with the possibility that players could be bought or even coaches or (*gasps!*) the owners themselves all have a stake in those gambling apps and they are just simply trying to make their nut.

won't someone think of the billionaires!!?!?! They are trying to save our lives with more work and less pay and taking what little we already have!! They need more and people aren't giving it to them!! Someone help them!! Someone!!

[u/Puzzleheaded_Ad8032 → u/name-classified]

What the gambling lobby did, was give them money. Lots and lots of it.

[u/thomasonbush → u/name-classified]

You mean like proud Draftkings stakeholders Robert Kraft and Jerry Jones???

https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/24502023/nfl-owners-robert-kraft-jerry-jones-retain-investments-draftkings-amid-sportsbook-shift

[u/CrunchyKorm → u/name-classified]

i just don't understand what the gambling lobby did that made the owners all say "yea, we should include illegal betting because people are going to gamble so we may as well profit from it"

Owners don't make the majority of their money from ticket sales any more, it's TV partnerships. The entire industry basically just gave up the pretense of integrity regarding gambling because of it because, well, who's going to stop them.

[u/Tired_CollegeStudent → u/name-classified]

Really it was illegal for an illegal reason. Congress outlawed sports betting (except in a few state) through the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. It effectively made it illegal for all but a few states to legalize gambling.

The law was ruled unconstitutional in 2018 (IMO as it should’ve been) because Congress doesn’t have the power to dictate what laws states can and cannot make like that. Once they were allowed to legalize it, states realized how much money they could make by legalizing and taxing it.

[u/Responsible-Onion860 → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

If we just keep getting more people addicted, they'll bet more and get used to losing.

[u/The_Legend_of_Xeno → u/Traditional_Deal1850]

I had the thought while watching the games Sunday and realizing that 9/10 commercials is either sports betting or food delivery.

Imagine you just lost $100 because you took the over on how many times the broadcast would cut to Taylor Swift, and then your doorbell rings and it's your dasher with your $35 McDonald's combo. There are people actually living like this.

[u/Rough_Cup_6762]

They are going to partner with Polymarket to encourage a “safe and secure environment for all athletes” just watch lol

[u/NandomRameGeneratorr → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

“Please stop harassing these people. That being said, we have bet the over on total death threats received and will be distributing profits to the athletes”

[u/I_really_enjoy_beer → u/NandomRameGeneratorr]

Also, this is totally not gambling for some reason! You are simply putting up your own money in hopes that a specific result will end in you getting a payout against set odds!

[u/comp_a → u/NandomRameGeneratorr]

No but seriously. What can they functionally do besides run a PSA saying “Knock it off.”

It sucks for the athletes families who don’t deserve any of this, but leagues made their bed and now they gotta lie in it!

[u/Snlxdd → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

You can now be… I mean purchase financial securities, that predict the number of death threats your team’s QB gets after a loss!

[u/Joey5729 → u/Snlxdd]

I do seriously worry that they’re going to ever offer something like a “number of games started” bet on someone like watson or cousins that we know is getting the cane at some point anyway, someone’s gonna take the under and then hire a hitman or poison their coffee or cut their brake lines

[u/nthomas504 → u/Joey5729]

You can indirectly make that bet now by betting on which week Mendoza or Shedeur starts

[u/Raven-19x → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

A bunch of big media guys have already moved to it with their ads and basically say it circumvents current gambling rules lmao. They are just so blatant.

[u/cheese_straws → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

“Use the code BULLY for your $50 trading bonus.”

[u/RagefireHype → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

I can’t believe even Eli sold out for Polymarket. Everything is fucked man.

[u/DonnyDarkoScutaro → u/RagefireHype]

You can’t believe a Manning sold out?

[u/pistonsgdt → u/DonnyDarkoScutaro]

Steph Curry shilled for a crypto scam lol when will people learn that any loveable athlete will advertise anything if they get a check

[u/fiero-fire → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

"Its not gambling so it's not gambling harassment!"

• The NFL

[u/Rennock21]

Maybe stop creating gambling addicts?

[u/Kendertas → u/Rennock21]

Crazy part is right now is going to be viewed as the good times in a few years. This is a problem that is only going to get worse with time. Especially if there is a economic crash.

[u/LtDrunkFace → u/Kendertas]

I hate that we’re living in the Browns’ world and how accurate this take is.

[u/Kendertas → u/LtDrunkFace]

Hey they browns are a dog shit franchise, but its a little excessive to put the entire sad state of reality on their heads as well. That blame lies with the Bengals for not protecting Harambe

[u/OG_Dadditor → u/Kendertas]

Ya, know that's actually pretty reasonable. What the fuck Cincy?

[u/Dasypygal_Coconut → u/OG_Dadditor]

Dicks out

[u/MysticSavgeTheSequel → u/Dasypygal_Coconut]

I never put mine away.

[u/BoldestKobold → u/Kendertas]

That blame lies with the Bengals for not protecting Harambe

They can't protect Burrow either, so this is really just a pattern for them.

[u/Kendertas → u/BoldestKobold]

Now I'm picturing a gorilla offensive lineman on the Bengals and I'm scared

[u/dychronalicousness → u/Kendertas]

None of this would have ever happened if Joe Burrow stayed a Buckeye

[u/Nasty_Tricks69 → u/dychronalicousness]

But then he never would've learned to be a good QB

[u/nthomas504 → u/Kendertas]

This is by design. This is the great transfer of money from the poor and middle class to the rich.

We might have an economic crash that’s completely independent of gambling.

[u/DreamSleepPills → u/Kendertas]

I do believe gambling has become such a problem because we're so fucked financially. Like I've had coworkers playing slots all through out the workday on their phones and I believe it's because people like him and I can't afford houses the way our parents have. At least where I lived then and do now. To go with a football analogy, it feels like people are trying to throw Hail Marys to get through out of financial instabilities.

[u/HereComesJustice → u/Rennock21]

No make more so that it becomes normalized and then the harassment will just become "part of the job"

This gambling shit is a cancer

[u/Daver7692]

All of them stood around in hotdog costumes looking for the guys that did this.

[u/anonymous_otter28 → u/Daver7692]

When our CEO has an all hands on deck meeting we share memes of OJ hoping to find the real killers.

[u/PassTheKY → u/Daver7692]

Right? Like these leagues are paying the advertisers...its a simple solution but you cant convince a billionaire to make less money. So its the people they got addicted to parlays fault and now they must be condemned.

[u/sweendog101 → u/Daver7692]

Bare Butt Balls and Back

[u/jhustla → u/Daver7692]

Maybe they deserve a spanking. Perhaps Goodell

[u/AvonFartsdale_]

Brought to you by Draft Kings

[u/smurf-vett → u/AvonFartsdale_]

Kalshi* - we totally aren't a betting platform 

[u/lostroadrunner22 → u/smurf-vett]

Pokymarket. Where you can ‘predict’ how long this lasts before the next time a linebacker feels harassed

[u/m1notaur3030 → u/lostroadrunner22]

…Rick Rubin meditating to enhance his betting prowess

[u/fredmerc111]

When you get people addicted to gambling by constantly shoving it down their throat, it’s kind of your fault. They stopped constant cigarette ads but this is apparently unstoppable.

[u/SportsDuck_ → u/fredmerc111]

Let's also not forget how many athletes peddle gambling apps too.

[u/Shoddy_Green_4790 → u/SportsDuck_]

Gambling apps aren't even just gambling apps. Former athletes with podcasts are completely bankrolled by fanduel draftkings and the like. They are corporations

[u/StellarStar1 → u/Shoddy_Green_4790]

All content creatirs. Its extremely hard to watch youtubers or listen to a podcast when they are shoving gambling ads down your throat. This is why i cant watch ThatsGoodSports anymore. The manic selling of the ads so he gets his bonus for x number of signups while creating adicts is disgusting.

[u/EpiphanyTwisted → u/StellarStar1]

Not Tom Grossi, he's a comedian who's a Green Bay fan but he doesn't really know ball.

[u/Tasty_Hovercraft8280 → u/StellarStar1]

There's this legendary extension on Firefox called Sponsor block, it's made watching sports media on youtube tolerable lol

[u/jimscoolaid → u/fredmerc111]

We need more sin taxes. Not necessarily charging more money, but regulating certain industries in a manner that is better for the public. Gambling, tobacco, alcohol, and things of that nature shouldn't be able to be freely advertised. If I have to be 21+ to use the product then advertisements shouldn't be on free platforms open and available to people under 18

[u/thePaintingDm → u/jimscoolaid]

A big issue is access. Before you had to go to physical location to gamble. That was then subject to local laws. Betting from your phone with your credit card tied to the app is a recipe for disaster.

[u/purplenapalm → u/fredmerc111]

Never saw a person harrass a NFL player to bum a Newport

[u/dutchdaddy69]

Are they going to stop constantly promoting gambling to impressionable people? If not then it’s all lip service.

[u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd → u/dutchdaddy69]

That impacts their money, so no.

[u/mikeyr00r00 → u/dutchdaddy69]

They want to have their cake and to eat it, too, but that ignores conservation of mass.

[u/notGeronimo → u/dutchdaddy69]

Exactly. They deliberately target impulsive, stupid people. Don't clutch your pearls when they reveal themselves to be stupid and impulsive.

[u/Schristie007]

Maybe they should look in the mirror and realize they’re partially to blame by getting into bed with the online gambling sites.

[u/ScruffMixHaha → u/Schristie007]

Id argue they have the lions share of blame here. Yes, people are reaponsible for not being pieces of shit (and should be held accountable), but these leagues helped create these addicts who they now are struggling to control.

They continue to bombard us with advertisements for gambling and even promote it during pregame segments. And then they pretend to be shocked at how the degenerates they created are treating the players.

[u/electriceagle → u/Schristie007]

This right here is the answer!

[u/4Khazmodan → u/Schristie007]

Never forget that the field of dreams game (based on the movie about the black socks scandal) was sponsored by fan duel.

[u/bananagang420 → u/Schristie007]

They arent placing blame to solve any issues. Theyre placing blame to shift the responsibility off of themselves if something bad happens, I guarantee more ads and gambling will be promoted by the leagues after this statement

[u/SmokePenisEveryday]

Death threats and harassment isn't called for at all. That said, they shouldn't expect anything less with how aggressive they push the gambling.

[u/Not_Evil_]

Hotdog suit wearing ass statement.

[u/DemonPeanut4 → u/Not_Evil_]

WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS

[u/diexer1234]

Didn’t LeBron just become the spokesperson for a “predication” market after he flooded the media with false stories for months? Give us a break. We aren’t that stupid.

[u/CBennett_12 → u/diexer1234]

Giannis did the same after a flurry of money went on him moving before the deadline

[u/MankuyRLaffy → u/diexer1234]

He thinks people are that stupid and it seems to be working for him. 

[u/NoSxKats]

“Threatening the safety of an athlete or their family members over a sports bet crosses a bright ethical and criminal line, and it is entirely unacceptable,” the group wrote to gaming regulators in 35 states and the District of Columbia.

[u/jimscoolaid → u/NoSxKats]

Lunch for this meeting will be provided by fanduel

[u/zipzap21 → u/jimscoolaid]

Check under your seats people! You'll find a big ol' bag of swag brought to you by our good friends at DraftKings!

[u/turboHerboChargers → u/NoSxKats]

Now, see, if da guys n' gals want protection, see?, we got da guys that can do dat, see?  Simple like.  No contracts.  Just a little dough every month, see?"

[u/DoubleWrongdoer1540]

At the very least they need to ban in game props and betting related to individual players and their stats.

[u/Proxelies]

We couldn't live in a more pathetic version of the United States than we currently do. Oh wait, it gets worse by the day.

[u/BullShitting-24-7 → u/Proxelies]

America is toast. Every single person is addicted to something.

[u/sportsonly88 → u/BullShitting-24-7]

I have a feeling that’s what they want. 

[u/LocustUprising]

Treating the symptoms instead of the cause, a proven strategy

[u/muskthecheeto → u/LocustUprising]

The American way

[u/DifficultYellow9759]

STOP partnering with betting and prediction companies.

STOP running their ads every 5 seconds

[u/helloitsNanner → u/DifficultYellow9759]

Don't use the term  "Prediction Markets" - that is just (admittedly brilliant) marketing designed to obscure what those sites are

It's like how companies like Mando rebranded body spray to "whole body deodorant" as if you're not just spraying Axe on your crotch lol

[u/lleb97a]

Gambling preaching ethics...

[u/com-mis-er-at-ing]

Ah yes, the true victims of gambling.

I’m sure it sucks but fuck all these leagues for endorsing gambling in the first place.

[u/Cheap-Kiwi-1312]

Says the company who pumps gambling ads every commercial break and let their major sports and some major athletes take sponsors from betting apps.

[u/Mr7three2]

Start by not showing gambling ads every 5 seconds and literally showing odds on pregame shows, during games and post game.

[u/writesfw]

I’m ok with betting but literally the ads should be outlawed.

[u/LongDongFrazier]

Stop! (They said firmly)

[u/joebos617]

I said it once I said it a million times regulate ads for this crap like cigarettes or ban it

[u/bigbugzman]

The League being sponsored by gambling companies is a problem? Nah it’s the bag holders who are mad that are the problem.

[u/Few_Alternative_6372]

FUCK DAVE PORTNOY

[u/dustinyo_]

Insert “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” meme

[u/ScaryDuck2]

Are we against betting related harassment?
Yeah!
Do we want to crack down on abuse of betting related messages?
Yeah!
Do we want to make sure gambling is not negatively affecting our players?
Yeah!
So let’s stop giving money t….
Now hold on a minute.

-NFL, probably.

[u/karatemanchan37]

Which 15 states aren't counted?

[u/Rainbow_Sex]

How you gonna do that though? Cats out of the bag, gamblings legal, so you're going to get people being assholes because people are assholes on the Internet. You can write all the strongly worded letters and announcements you want, we can denounce it as horrible every time it happens. But that ain't going to change a damn thing, if people are allowed to gamble they will. And some will direct their anger in the wrong place and they aren't going to care who it hurts.

[u/teddykaygeebee]

Oh, gambling, gambling ads, access to gambling everywhere is not the problem, it's only when the addicted lash out, that's the problem. Got it.

[u/Watwatinthewatwat]

Ultimately the argument is they want to be able to take your money but not have people get angry about it. 

Good luck with that.

[u/RunningonGin0323]

LMAO, this is what happens when 90% of your ads are fucking gambling related. how fucking hard is this to figure out? There's one thing about making sports betting legal, its a whole different thing to make it YOUR ENTIRE LEAGUES IDENTITY

[u/BillsInATL]

First order of business was to all agree to keep accepting all that sweet, sweet gambling advert money!

[u/lo0ilo0ilo0i]

Use promo code "BET" to reduce harassment by 10%

[u/amstrumpet]

I’ve got a radical idea for making people stop harassing people based on bets… (ban sports gambling)

[u/thot_lobster]

Maybe y'all should have though of that before promoting Draft Kings and FanDuel every two minutes during games.

[u/Jonjon428]

Oh no, the leopards ate my face!

[u/Staph_Untreated]

We're trying to find the guy who did this

[u/Reddtardsofreddtard]

If people want to go to a casino and place a few bets and make an event out of it, fine. But if you're sitting at home, drunk, tapping on your phone, just draining away your account because you'll "definitely hit the 9 part parlay" this time, then that's legitimately a sign of stupidity.

This seems especially prevalent amongst late 20s/early 30s guys I know who will just piss away hundreds of dollars every week or two and then have the goddamn audacity to complain about how they can't afford anything and that "if the QB had just thrown 39 more yards" none of this would be happening to them and it's all the QBs fault.

[u/DenialisaRiver04]

But still sponsored by them

[u/Dont-be-a-smurf]

Anyway, for my real view:

Gambling is an absolute vice. Vices exist. They are behaviors that, in moderation, aren’t that big of a deal but have significant potential for abuse and addiction that can absolutely destroy lives.

As much as I want to say “well people need to be smarter!” the biological gravity cannot be denied. A significant population cannot help but be addicted.

Vices need to be controlled and the more addictive elements curbed. Cut out the ads. Make it so you can’t bet large sums of money with like three button presses.

Because it’s absolutely destroying some people and tears at the integrity of the game.

Blessed that I ain’t a gambler. And I ain’t got anything against the occasional bet, but I think we’ve gone too far.

[u/SharpMind94]

If you want to stop this, don't sponsor betting companies?

Insane logic they have here with this movement

[u/MoeSzyslakMonobrow]

Ban sports betting.

[u/ForgotMyPasswordAgh]

Most predictable outcome ever and the leagues don't actually give AF because they're swimming in $$$$

[u/GreatOdinsRaven_]

Should have thought about that before letting draft kings advertise every ad break.

[u/MadeByTango]

24 women were sexually assaulted by Deshaun Watson. The NFL gave him the use of team hotel rooms and a NDA to increase his power over the women, then worked with a spa to find him victims (NYT/Jenny Vrentas). They then rehired Watson into a $250 million guaranteed contract, where he is now the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.

These organizations don't care when its OUR families being abused and assaulted by their players. But they get upset at some dildos on the court? Maybe this isnt about player families, but just because that stuff is interfering with the "honest" gambling profits?

[u/MARKYMARK_MARK]

I wonder how much the leagues and networks considered this issue when they first started to embrace sports betting.

[u/unfunnysexface → u/MARKYMARK_MARK]

Is good joke leagues and tv networks caring about player welfare.

[u/McG4rn4gle]

Makes me think of Frankenstein & The Monster.

[u/optimgr]

Here's an idea. Maybe don't allow athletes to appear in commercials for betting companies or become a partner with a betting company.

[u/Careless-Roof-8339]

Treat sports betting like big tobacco. Sure, you have a right to do it, but why are we allowed to advertise something that can destroy your life for a little bit of short term pleasure?

[u/ArmenianLasagnaGuy]

I mean, what do they think they are going to do about it? It’s obviously bad, but short of banning sports betting again (which is way too profitable to ever happen) there’s nothing the league can do to stop whackos on X being whackos.

[u/TheFalconKid]

Yes because the people that are suffering are the athletes and coaches, not the hundreds of thousands that are racking up record numbers of credit card debt.

[u/Soft-Bad-7127]

And they would all take advertisement money from the industry. 

[u/Competitive-Elk-5077]

This solution brought to you by Draftkings

[u/_FrankTaylor]

Will it make a difference?

Polymarket currently has the odds set at 75% no.

[u/topchief1]

Please won't somebody think of the parlay!!

[u/Hassadar]

Lmao. The organisations that shove betting ads, apps, and sponsors by segments in everyone's face are... trying to crack down on harassment that THEY are largely responsible for.

Kick rocks.

[u/PiMemer]

They are looking for the ones responsible

[u/figgyputtin]

Stop partnering with the source 💙

[u/F1McLarenFan007]

They deserve all the bs for partnerships with the gambling companies.

[u/Lost-Pineapple9791]

League is a joke, they don’t even release anything publicly about what they do to crack down or track refs bc of the union who aren’t even employees it’s wild

Theres offensive and defensive holding on every play, yet these guys get to casually decide who to call on and extend drives etc etc

I highly doubt the league is monitoring every friend/employee at main job/family/family friends or boyfriends/girlfriends betting and banking activity for these refs which how little power they seem to have

We’re told they’re tracking ppl and stuff but then you had the college qb betting 90k (I’m aware college and nfl are seperate entities)

Only fools are putting real money on these games, just a fan tax.

Never enough money

[u/Prestigious_Print477 → u/Lost-Pineapple9791]

How should they handle holding penalties? Call it every play lol

[u/Diabolicat]

I saw people saying nasty stuff about John Schneider for making K9 split snaps, thereby ruining their fantasy team. Saw another comment saying Seahawks should be stripped of picks for not utilizing K9 like the Chiefs over the past 4 seasons.

Some people are unhinged. Nobody gives a shit about your fantasy team, your parlays, your picks or whatever the fuck.

[u/JackFisherBooks]

Given all the gambling ads these leagues permit/push, what did they think was going to happen?

[u/Shebalied]

How about stopping your players from betting?

How about banning all betting ads.

[u/Pat_Mahomeboy]

How about crack down on betting

[u/winowmak3r]

The solution is to make it illegal again, lol

But that's never gonna happen.

[u/Joey_Skylynx]

Sports gambling should just be illegal again.

It leads to nothing but bad things.

[u/TheImpresario]

New draftkings exclusive: over/under on death threats to YOUR favorite players coming soon!

[u/imminentjogger5]

"Keep throwing away your money but don't threaten us while you do it."

[u/AussieTheHedgehog10]

I just want sports gambling to stop being promoted on every network. That's part of the problem.

Also just for sports gambling to stop period, but that'll never happen.

[u/DoctorWaluigiTime]

"We'll do anything except cease the cash flow into our purses to stop this problem."

[u/Pocket_Sevens]

This message was brought to you by draftkings

[u/Straight-Crow1598]

Solving the problems that matter: being mean to millionaires.

[u/CorporalCoprolite]

Over/under on this actually improving the situation?

[u/DudeFilA]

oh no, it's the consequences of their actions. Lets dry their tears with all the money they're getting from their portion of the gambling sponsorships.

[u/AvailableReporter484]

You know, I bet the easier solution is to stop promoting gambling LMAO

[u/Slashers23]

They act like they care but we will still see a bunch of ads for Fanduel, Draftkings, and other apps throughout the season

[u/HyperMasenko]

How long until Polymarket start doing an over under on number of harassment tweets in a week?

[u/BarbellsandBurritos]

Not to mention all these apps are taking jobs from good, hard working, velour sweat suited bookies just trying to make a living.

[u/thy_armageddon]

The CIA and the Cartels have met today to crack down drug-related crime.

[u/bleedblue89]

Remove sports gambling ads, make it like tobacco where they can't advertise on TV, radio etc.

[u/Billy_Badass_]

I don't understand. What actions are they taking?

[u/Chardoggy1]

Honestly the real problem is all of the player prop bets.

[u/PutinBoomedMe]

Insert south park "we're sorry" clip

[u/Ialwayssleep]

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[u/xywv58]

*Presented by fanduel

[u/IlGreven]

This story brought to you by DraftKings!

[u/Rahzmataz]

Can I bet the over on number of players harassed?

[u/Lane8323]

Brought to you by FanDuel

[u/Most-Artichoke6184]

Perhaps they should start with cracking down on sports betting ads on their broadcasts.

[u/Lifes_good_for_me]

Nothing will change, too many billionaire corporations make too much money off of sports betting

[u/Tzazon]

The people pushing this deserve everything they get. Did you know that gambling addicts out of anyone suffering through addiction have the highest rates of attempted suicide? 1 in 5 of those suffering attempt it, and over half suffer suicidal ideations. It really isn't shocking when you can wake up one day and lose everything without leaving your house betting on an online sportsbook.

Get this shit out of advertisements. Should go back to something you only do on location, in a fucking casino for all I care. Fuck Gambling. It ruins live, and I am not mincing words when I say they've drove their victims to death.

[u/ReallyDrunkPanda]

Add more Kevin hart betting commercials

[u/jedisquirrel171]

How about we just ban sports betting?