> Paul, I hope you enjoy Bally's Sports Detroit for all your Tigers, Red Wings, and Pistons coverage needs!
As they say on Reddit ... thanks, I hate it. I don't pay for TV (well, Hulu bundled with Spotify, and Para+ for the half-off year at least), and I'm not a big sports fan, so the impact on me will be minimal. But on principle ... yep, that sucks. And of course it's Sinclair. On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 7:54:18 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > I can bring it back. > > Remember when we heard that Sinclair bought the Fox Sports RSNs? They've > sold the naming rights. > > Paul, I hope you enjoy Bally's Sports Detroit for all your Tigers, Red > Wings, and Pistons coverage needs! > > > https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/sinclair-unveils-bally-sports-network-lineup-which-will-replace-and-reshuffle-the-fox-sports-rsns.html > > And Bally's has made it clear they're going to make gambling a major part > of the sports broadcasts. > > > https://theathletic.com/2360091/2021/02/02/ballys-sports-guide-changes-gambling-coming-regional-sports-tv > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 9:44 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 5:52 AM Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Online gambling became legal here in MI a few weeks ago, and OMG MAKE >>> THE ONLINE GAMBLING COMMERCIALS STOP. >>> >>> They were some actually running in advance, which was a little weird, >>> because apparently it wasn't exactly clear what date the state government >>> would start allowing it. Now there's more and more every week. >>> >>> You can't move for gambling ads during football (soccer) coverage. >> Technically, they're impressive. The ads contain live odds for the game >> that you're about to watch or in the middle of. The overall surrounding of >> the ads the same, but the specific deal is live-generated around 30 seconds >> before the ad airs. Of course odds change constantly so there's some rule >> that says the bet has to be available for a short period of time. But they >> only ever use slightly complicated combination bets eg. "Arsenal to win 3-1 >> and Lacazette to be a goalscorer." That's so precise that you can offer >> fairly generous odds and keep the bet live for a while. >> >> The downside is utterly normalised. The ads all have "When the fun stops, >> stop." included in them. And occasionally, they'll mention that they have >> deposit limits to stop you putting your entire monthly payslip on the >> football. But yeah - gambling has become a problem. >> >> Of course the aforementioned gambling skews male, but fear not, there are >> lots of bingo mobile apps all over daytime TV too... >> >> The people who have really got addicted to gambling are our football >> teams. If, as seems likely, the government tightens up a lot on >> advertising, then lots of them might be in trouble. But I've strayed off >> topic enough here! >> >> >> Adam >> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDc_cm-BpwgkJ0eyc%3DcVTgHG-Bw1oMaHoKwtvPTS6L7ZQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDc_cm-BpwgkJ0eyc%3DcVTgHG-Bw1oMaHoKwtvPTS6L7ZQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/70e00647-7a77-4494-af47-999fd871a572n%40googlegroups.com.
