Overdue - time for federal government to ban sports betting ads

[Tzatziki_Man]

They banned Tobacco adds and did it swiftly. Time for our leaders to pull their finger out here and do the same with sports betting ads.

I know we've all touched on this topic, but we need to continually revisit it, its getting worse and more and more dangerous. We are living in a time where everyone is having their mental health tested, spending more time home and in front of the tele. As evident by the ratings for the footy this weekend.

We've been overwhelmed by sports betting ads during the coverage - whether it's Nathan Brown and Dale Thomas hosting segments during the broadcast, commercials or in between games. Billboards and screen graphics stating the odds every few moments, this has become deplorable. The fact this isn't regulated by our pathetic politicians has made me lose faith that we are even a democracy anymore. It's a puppet face being led by the Murdoch's.

Once that was done with, we've got Shaq, Mark Walberg, making ridiculous commercials, snippets and sound bites butting sports betting at the forefront of our minds. Blurring the lines between sports and betting, normalising betting for children who are being brainwashed.

Now, even footy podcasts I listen too, Footyology an AFL Fantasy 'The Traders', have been sponsored by these absolute germs of society.

Like its a ****ing joke. Let's just teach sports betting in schools

How long is a piece of string? Because these pathetic, vile, evil corporates are asking the question, and changing their own answer.

 

[RUNVS]

I wish they would but there is no chance of the Morrison government putting the public interest over the interest of Liberal Party donors.

 

[Dinsdale]

Agreed. I'd also like to stop the animated ads that run around the boundary and up in the stands, very distracting when the game is on.

But of course they generate to much revenue $ to the AFL coffers for that...

 

[Guido]

I don't think it will ever happen, but I agree.

It would be a massive hit to the industry - but like the recovery from sport's reliance on tobacco advertising, footy could survive and thrive without it.

People will argue "but freedom!" - the thing is, everyone will still have the freedom to gamble, but we've gotten to a point where gambling is treated/portrayed as a fundamental pillar of the sport itself.

 

[freddy mercury]

I am 100% behind this.

 

[RUNVS]

I don't think it will ever happen, but I agree.

It will happen one day, I am sure of it, but I doubt it will happen in the next 10 years or so.

Also any sport, sports team or industry that relies on gambling profits to stay afloat does not deserve to exist.

 

[the PILL]

Didn't Gillard have a go at banning a lot of it and was moderately successful.? How did it get turned around?

It's become ridiculously saturated now and i don't like how glossy and engrained it's become in the telecasts, mainly for the fact children are a huge audience and see it as just part of the game etc... App culture has also seemingly let it grow huge legs too.

 

[RUNVS]

Didn't Gillard have a go at banning a lot of it and was moderately successful.? How did it get turned around?

Not really. Wilkie demanded it as part of his agreement to support Labor after the election and Gillard promised she would, but backed out the moment she was able to.

 

[HaroLad]

I don’t think so, I have a lot of money in sports betting companies.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I definitely find them excessive especially on KAYO in terms of frequency shown but I don't see the need for them to be banned altogether.

Why do we need to go nanny state in order for people to be responsible for their own decisions.

 

[Truckosaurus]

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[faible]

Didn't Gillard have a go at banning a lot of it and was moderately successful.? How did it get turned around?

It's become ridiculously saturated now and i don't like how glossy and engrained it's become in the telecasts, mainly for the fact children are a huge audience and see it as just part of the game etc... App culture has also seemingly let it grow huge legs too.

Yep. Having Nathan Brown pop up at half time with the betting recommendations followed with a 'blah blah bet responsibly' disclaimer isn't exactly a responsible thing given how family friend watching the football is supposed to be.

 

[Sentinel]

How else am I suppose to watch the Brownlow this year without Swanny or Brownie taking up more of the broadcast than the event itself?

Sportsbet just announced their new Bet With Mates tool too so me and the lads can all go down on the last leg of that multi together, a real bonding experience. There's simply no other way to watch the footy.

 

[RUNVS]

I definitely find them excessive especially on KAYO in terms of frequency shown but I don't see the need for them to be banned altogether.

Why do we need to go nanny state in order for people to be responsible for their own decisions.

because it is warping the minds of children, normalising gambling to them at an age where they don't have the reasoning skills to counter what they are being force fed.

 

[Kwality]

I wish they would but there is no chance of the Morrison government putting the public interest over the interest of Liberal Party donors.

Unusual, most corporate donors are ahead of any potential change of Government by donating to both sides.

 

[Power Raid]

I think it says a lot about the AFL, the teams and even the players; to accept funds from anyone at any cost

 

[JackFlash]

Random betting is one of humankind's most popular (and usually most pointless) habits. It's all a big scam to take advantage of our human inability to calculate probability. Indoctrination of our kids is happening every day in schools as anything enjoyed by Australians is eradicated, sporting betting? Might as well ban alcohol while we're at it? Casinos? Horse Racing? Perhaps lockdown is the answer governments wanted in the first place? The product Nathan Brown sells is hope, even if it's false hope.

 

[RUNVS]

Random betting is one of humankind's most popular (and usually most pointless) habits. It's all a big scam to take advantage of our human inability to calculate probability. Indoctrination of our kids is happening every day in schools as anything enjoyed by Australians is eradicated, sporting betting? Might as well ban alcohol while we're at it? Casinos? Horse Racing? Perhaps lockdown is the answer governments wanted in the first place? The product Nathan Brown sells is hope, even if it's false hope.

I would ban both horse racing and greyhound racing if I was in charge as both are very cruel industries to the horses and dogs.

 

[pablo668]

Yeah, I agree, f*ck betting ads and everything that goes with it.

 

[Coach_Required]

Nathan Brown and Billy Brownless dislike this thread.

 

[Kwality]

Yeah, I agree, f*ck betting ads and everything that goes with it.

Dont bet, but stopping others is another thing. Betting on footy was around for a long time before it was corporatised.

 

[pablo668]

Dont bet, but stopping others is another thing. Betting on footy was around for a long time before it was corporatised.

Yeah true, I'm not saying it should be illegal or anything, prohibition never works. Probably implied that though with my statement.
The ads need to go though.

 

[Obeanie1]

Totally agree.

It is disgusting that on line betting and especially betting apps you can 'have so much fun with your mates with' is being shoved down our throats at every turn.

All during time slots where young impressionable kids are watching and getting brain washed.

It is dead set WRONG!

 

[projectv]

It should be treated like tobacco.

No advertising.
Tax the shit out of it.
But don't ban it.

 

[B4Bear]

I definitely find them excessive especially on KAYO in terms of frequency shown but I don't see the need for them to be banned altogether.

Why do we need to go nanny state in order for people to be responsible for their own decisions.

Because when I took my then seven year old daughter to the football and after a few weeks was quoting odds at me, I knew something was wrong.

We don't expose our children to pornography or tobacco or poker machines.

This is no different.

Does that compute?