No gambling or liquor sponsors

[blaseblase]

I have no love for Saudi Arabia but this is one thing they got right. I firmly believe these vices should not be promoted on television. Particularly gambling. The insidious way it's crept into sports is absolutely disgusting. You have creeps like Gianni the Greek shilling for it and conning people out of their hard earned money.

If you want to waste your money on booze and gambling as an adult, go for it. It's a free country. But these things should not be actively promoted on television. They should be treated like cigarettes, disincentized and banned from advertising.

 

[Yep]

I agree that it’s damaging to families and lives but I don’t agree that it means it shouldn’t be advertised. I understand frustration tho from it being advertised.

 

[Belaya Smert]

Goat wipes incoming

 

[sonhow]

Thing is these companies pay shitloads of money just like Saudis pay to host events. Dont expect them to get dropped anytime soon.

As from consumer perspective I wouldnt mind to see those adds gone.

 

[Corrado Soprano]

Trash take. If you’re so mentally weak that a advertisement will cause you to gamble & drink to the point of self-destruction you’re a soft person. What’s next, ban fast food advertisements cause fatties can’t help themselves and exercise any self-control.

 

[World eater]

Of all the sports in the world, those bother me the least when it comes to mma. Yeah, booze and gambling are unhealthy for you, especially when you are young, but mma is not exactly promoting health and high morals either.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Old man yells at every cloud while not realizing the broadcast still featured fight odds, lol.

 

[svmr_db]

They still showed odds etc during fights on the broadcast, I think they had some other gambling stuff but just none on the canvas / in the arena itself.

 

[blaseblase]

Trash take. If you’re so mentally weak that a advertisement will cause you to gamble & drink to the point of self-destruction you’re a soft person. What’s next, ban fast food advertisements cause fatties can’t help themselves and exercise any self-control.

Fast food provides you with nutrients you need to live. There is no benefit to gambling. Just like there wasn't for cigarettes. Seems like you're making an argument to bring cigarettes back. Because fuck everyone for being mentally weak right?

 

[CatchtheseHands]

If you want to waste your money on booze and gambling as an adult, go for it. It's a free country.

Then what's the problem here exactly?

 

[AldoStillGoat]

Allah is the perfect planner

 

[Deleted member 585708]

I have no love for Saudi Arabia but this is one thing they got right. I firmly believe these vices should not be promoted on television. Particularly gambling. The insidious way it's crept into sports is absolutely disgusting. You have creeps like Gianni the Greek shilling for it and conning people out of their hard earned money.

If you want to waste your money on booze and gambling as an adult, go for it. It's a free country. But these things should not be actively promoted on television. They should be treated like cigarettes, disincentized and banned from advertising.

Agreed.

Energy drinks are iffy, but probably permissable, but stuff like booze and cigs are a no-no and gambling makes it all feel cheap and tawdry.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Trash take. If you’re so mentally weak that a advertisement will cause you to gamble & drink to the point of self-destruction you’re a soft person. What’s next, ban fast food advertisements cause fatties can’t help themselves and exercise any self-control.

It's not about it making you do something, it's about normalising things that are inherently bad for you.

 

[blaseblase]

Then what's the problem here exactly?

You're right. There's no problem. Fuck those impressionable young people. Already paying out the ass in taxes, let's keep feeding them negative propaganda to worsen their lives. In fact let's bring cigarette advertising back. Because banning that didn't have a positive impact on society or lower the smoking rate did it?

 

[EndlessCritic]

Yes.

We need more advertisements promoting healthy products like Monster Energy and Prime.

What irks me the most honestly is the live lines, because usually when the UFC puts them up they're literally minutes behind the actual live lines.

 

[jk7707]

I agree. I miss the good ole days when it was just Condom Depot and Corn Nuts. I'd rather be corn to the core than live betting and poor.

 

[Poon Goon]

There is no benefit to gambling.

Tell that to BIff Tannen. He built an empire on sports betting.

 

[freakroor]

or maybe people should just have some fucking self-discipline

 

[xhaydenx]

I can do without the booze stuff, but keep the gambling.

Gambling saved my ass during COVID

 

[Fluffernutter]

The UFC used to be subsidized by the UAE government