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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 15, 2020 12:15:51 GMT
Fb, We hold similar views. Gambling sponsors are the new tobacco companies. What is a major leading Asian gambling company doing at Sussex? What is this saying to the youngsters who follow OD cricket? Or, is it 'beggars can't be choosers' given the present economic challenges? Sorry, I am not impressed and while I have consistently supported Rob Andrew since joining the Club, he has blotted his copy-book with this decision. PS: Although, I am impressed by the team shirts (minus the logo).
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 15, 2020 12:40:47 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 15, 2020 13:48:12 GMT
Good to see Robbo back on screen. Here he is talking about young Jof and how Sussex CCC brought him to Hove and nurtured the supremely talented cricketer from there.
The podcast continues.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 17, 2020 8:12:27 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 17, 2020 11:15:35 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 17, 2020 11:18:37 GMT
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Post by flashblade on Jul 17, 2020 12:21:07 GMT
When it comes to entertainment, that's got to be a desperate last resort! PS I've got a very nice Dulux brilliant white here that's just getting to the interesting stage.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 17, 2020 14:10:28 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 17, 2020 14:17:44 GMT
Who says old age is about dying. Two of Britain's great heroes. And the cricket link? Sir Tom Moore is an Honorary Member of the England cricket team.
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Post by philh on Jul 17, 2020 15:58:37 GMT
When it comes to entertainment, that's got to be a desperate last resort! PS I've got a very nice Dulux brilliant white here that's just getting to the interesting stage. If your name was Matthew, with jokes like that, I would have to say "Matt, finish".
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Post by flashblade on Jul 17, 2020 16:08:13 GMT
When it comes to entertainment, that's got to be a desperate last resort! PS I've got a very nice Dulux brilliant white here that's just getting to the interesting stage. If your name was Matthew, with jokes like that, I would have to say "Matt, finish". Ha ha! As I'm now satin doors, I'll have to gloss over your comment. OK, I'll get me coat . . .
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Post by liquidskin on Jul 18, 2020 9:49:21 GMT
Oh dear, not sure what to make of this. Flashblade, do you have any views? "Great shirts - shame about the sponsor!" This is a link to our new betting sponsors. sports.dafabet.comThey are one of Asia's leading online gambling companies. Watch the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtBMJY7ufQ
Here is the video that goes with the announcement. As you surmised, I'm "disappointed" (to use the current diplomatic synonym for "disgusted"!) that the club is giving publicity to an online betting company. This is terrible news, and may have been a result of not being able to find an alternative worthy sponsor. I think, by and large, online betting companies are greedy, unprincipled parasites on society; they produce no added value to the economy, and their victims are often those least able to moderate their gambling behaviour. I was delighted when online credit card betting was recently made illegal. Guess how the betting companies responded: they encouraged people to bet via their phones, so that the betting losses are added to the monthly phone bill. Phone bills can be paid by credit card. . . More liberal powder puff drivel. They offer a service that provides great entertainment for everyone, which is why they are and always will be perfectly legal. If the odd weak pathetic drug addict criminal falls by the way side, good riddance. By the way, like all big business they employ a lot of people and contribute huge amounts of tax to the government, so get your facts right Flash.
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Post by flashblade on Jul 18, 2020 9:57:41 GMT
As you surmised, I'm "disappointed" (to use the current diplomatic synonym for "disgusted"!) that the club is giving publicity to an online betting company. This is terrible news, and may have been a result of not being able to find an alternative worthy sponsor. I think, by and large, online betting companies are greedy, unprincipled parasites on society; they produce no added value to the economy, and their victims are often those least able to moderate their gambling behaviour. I was delighted when online credit card betting was recently made illegal. Guess how the betting companies responded: they encouraged people to bet via their phones, so that the betting losses are added to the monthly phone bill. Phone bills can be paid by credit card. . . More liberal powder puff drivel. They offer a service that provides great entertainment for everyone, which is why they are and always will be perfectly legal. If the odd weak pathetic drug addict criminal falls by the way side, good riddance. By the way, like all big business they employ a lot of people and contribute huge amounts of tax to the government, so get your facts right Flash. Flawed logic, liqui. Tobacco companies employed "a lot of people and contributed huge amounts of tax to the government". That's not a relevant criterion - and their advertising was eventually banned. Your attitude to problem gamblers isn't very sympathetic - tell their families it's 'good riddance'. Guess we may agree to differ.
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Post by liquidskin on Jul 18, 2020 12:59:38 GMT
I have absolutely zero sympathy for anyone addicted to anything.
If someone says 'they produce no added value to the economy' of course it's relevant criteria, because that statement is wrong, they do add value to the economy. Tobacco companies are irrelevant. If you think gambling is as harmful as smoking, you are an imbecile. What smoking does to everyone who smokes is destroy their organs. What gambling does to 0.01% of people who do it, the people who are ticking timebombs, is no worse than what they deserve.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jul 18, 2020 14:34:42 GMT
Welcome back Frawdy to this thread and spreading your controversy. Good to read your views again. "Smoking kills - gambling thrills," perhaps? But gambling can also create unpayable bills which leads to tranquilliser pills, relationship dunghills, and eventually suicide roadkills. In 2017, a UK report suggested that gambling addiction in Britain was on the increase with 430,000 known gambling addicts. Yet, the overall number of people in danger rises to more than 2.3 million when including 2 million people deemed to be at a moderate risk of addiction. Meanwhile, in America a study carried out this year showed as many as 10m people suffer from gambling addiction with the greatest rise occurring amidst the young community. And up to 90 percent of individuals who attend Gamblers Anonymous report engaging in illegal acts to obtain money for gambling. www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/compulsive-gambling/related/gambling-statistics/Given the present world chaos, does anyone really care? Perhaps, addicts are weak people with no inner strength or will power? Boo-hoo to them.
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