Why?* Archived Message Posted by illini21 on May 19, 2025, 15:46:00, in reply to "Also not a fan of horror movie ads during sports*" Previous Message Previous Message . Message Thread: | This response ↓ I hate how much the gambling sites have overtaken every sports broadcast* - HeatMizer May 18, 2025, 18:36:20 Also not a fan of paper towel ads during sports. Just tell me who the leading brand is, god damn it* - doubledown May 20, 2025, 9:28:36 And if I see another toothpaste ad during a game, Imma snap. I already know which brand 4 out of 5.. - Illiniphil May 20, 2025, 9:40:31 Also not a fan of horror movie ads during sports* - Quiz May 19, 2025, 15:34:58 Why?* - illini21 May 19, 2025, 15:46:00 Yeah -- Sports audiences can have lot of young kids watching and ads should be appropriate for that* - Quiz May 19, 2025, 17:11:54 pretty sure the FCC has decided that those ads are appropriate for that - IlliniSax05 May 20, 2025, 8:00:20 There are virtually no rules -- I think sex and tobacco are about the only limited ads* - Quiz May 20, 2025, 10:46:49 Well, if the FCC says...* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 20, 2025, 9:04:44 Couldn’t the parents just rotate the hermetically sealed bubble so their child can’t see the ad?* - Herman Blume May 19, 2025, 18:54:20 Yea...my 8yo will sit down and actually watch games. While he likes horror... - haighter May 20, 2025, 9:16:19 I'll answer. I wanna be able to watch games with my kid in the evening and not give her nightmares* - RVA May 19, 2025, 15:47:38 Not a fan of alcohol ads either -- lots of kids watch sports* - Quiz May 19, 2025, 12:13:53 drinking is apparently a lot less popular among younger folks these days - ECEIllinois May 19, 2025, 12:25:03 Obviously alcohol isn't good for you - Sounder May 19, 2025, 12:51:47 Beer…. - harb May 19, 2025, 17:24:07 that's a brave admission. kudos. * - assassin May 19, 2025, 17:25:54 agreed* - reggiedunlop May 19, 2025, 17:00:12 Alcohol is a toxin and one day it will be thought of like cigarettes are now* - CoronaTheirAss May 19, 2025, 15:30:41 The first part is correct but the second part is probably wrong. The cost benefit of tobacco weighed - ATL May 20, 2025, 7:45:55 Not a chance* - illini21 May 19, 2025, 15:34:10 we are doomed. the kids are on their phones way too much* - torinese May 19, 2025, 14:34:31 i long for the days of finding out where the parties were via sidewalk chalk - lcubed May 19, 2025, 15:17:20 these type of comments always make me think of this XKCD comic... - shua May 19, 2025, 14:38:58 sidejack: they were talking on Bill Maher this week - Sounder May 19, 2025, 15:29:47 It’s a fad and will go away soon. The internet will also go away* - bbonb May 19, 2025, 9:27:55 Maybe it's a generational thing, but I've noticed more and more people giving up social media* - Sounder May 19, 2025, 12:53:47 Instagram and these boards are the only social media I use... - haighter May 20, 2025, 9:13:43 I'm trying to. Deleted Facebook (the app, still have my account). - EffinIllini May 20, 2025, 9:04:25 It can’t be good for mental health* - bbonb May 19, 2025, 15:47:34 Online accounts let you shop for better prices - jfinsocal May 19, 2025, 9:27:41 Should not be allowed to lower limits on skilled gamblers etc in my opinion. - nash May 19, 2025, 9:11:56 Funny thing is, now that sports betting is legal - bjl63 May 19, 2025, 8:49:20 Kinda wonder how that "in house" betting/bar at Wrigley is going. - osklister May 19, 2025, 11:19:35 At least when it was illegal, it kinda felt legit. Now it feels like if it was something that - doubledown May 19, 2025, 9:03:39 bookies would have advertised if they'd been able - IlliniSax05 May 19, 2025, 9:05:16 That's irrelevant. * - doubledown May 19, 2025, 9:08:09 It's only the beginning, wait till they start advertising on jerseys.* - gullit May 19, 2025, 7:10:08 cosine - IlliniSax05 May 19, 2025, 6:34:39 It’s a scourge. So many suckers out there. * - doubledown May 18, 2025, 22:50:06 Thing I hate more: seeing guys at sporting events that couldn’t care less if their team - voiceofreason May 18, 2025, 22:14:59 I feel like it's my most boomer-ish view* - gvibes May 18, 2025, 22:04:18 Agreed. Don't want to hear about it on the broadcast. - EffinIllini May 20, 2025, 9:08:55 I'm happy California voted against legalizing online gambling* - ECEIllinois May 19, 2025, 12:26:27 I am totally fine with places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City existing - Sounder May 19, 2025, 12:53:17 I will go so far as to call it dangerous* - Sounder May 19, 2025, 12:18:20 I have a greatest generation view then: fantasy sports is impure and bad * - ATL May 19, 2025, 6:58:29 I go with this as well...sports has become more about the entertainment rather than the competition - RSMBob May 19, 2025, 10:21:43 Walk-up music is an abomination.* - complainant May 19, 2025, 10:29:31 Walk up music is fine....the music choices on the other hand aren't necessarily my taste* - RSMBob May 19, 2025, 16:39:59 Count me in as well* - RSMBob May 18, 2025, 22:34:45 The statistics are pretty clear, it’s every bit the social poison its detractors said it’d be. * - assassin May 18, 2025, 22:07:10 I think it’s contributing to the young men crisis* - Sounder May 19, 2025, 12:19:25 Is it the same in Britain and other places where it’s legal?* - ATL May 19, 2025, 7:00:37 of course. - assassin May 19, 2025, 15:29:19 Interesting. It was a serious question. Given how pervasive it is in the EPL, i - ATL May 19, 2025, 17:57:33 I'm mad that it ruined location spoofing, as explained to me by a non-boomer right here!* - complainant May 18, 2025, 22:09:05   Searching