Thread: petition, stop sports betting ads during games

Originally Posted by weeds

so they will replace these ads with what.......

i cannot remember the last thing i brought from TV advertising

i certainly haven't wanted to place a bet after seeing the ad's, or beer, or wine, or stupid exercise machines etc etc etc

hey lets stop all advertising.........that would mean no free TV

Hi Weeds

The issue is that you are probably a discerning buyer and decide what you want to buy before you research which brand is on your shopping list. You are not in the majority.

The problem with sports gambling advertising is that it it does not discriminate between thinking sports fans like yourself and problem gamblers and those too good not to bet on odds. This is before we even think about the children.

We are encouraging our kids to get involved in good healthy sports expecially team sports and watching the footy on TV is a part of that. The presenting of gambling ads and betting odds is that it normalises gambling as an integral part of the game before the kids get a grasp on how to handle their money. They have plenty of time to learn to gamble when they become adults, don't spoil the sports for them as a child.

As for what will replace gambling advertising on TV, don't worry about it, the broadcasters will always find advertisers, they filled the gaps left by cigarettes and they filled the gaps for jumk food during kids programming. They will always find people who want to sell products, whether it is the next diet fad, the latest exercise aparatus or a new sleeping bag suit to wear on the couch watching the tube!

Ads in general give me the irrits , so as a personal thing I try and avoid coomercial radio and tv. Often the shows we like are taped , so fast foreward through. I have yet to see anything advertised that I want or need that wasnt already planned for purchase. Just remind the ad agents every year on the buy nothing day

Originally Posted by bob10

So, you don't have kids? [ grandkids? ] and if you do, you agree to them influenced by these adds? May I suggest you are probably at a stage in life where not much would influence you from your mindset . How did we ever have free to air TV before these adds? I respect your opinion, but disagree with it, Bob

er yes i have kids......however they are influenced everyday by a 1 000 000 thing......nearly everyday day they ask me about something they have seen or been part off and i take the time to discuss it with them.......every now and than i cannot answer the question so i go off and find out. i think its good that the see as much as they can so they can ask question, learn and make there own minds up.........

btw there are pleanty of other ads that interest my 9, 12 and 13 year olds way more that waterhouse's ads.........

so there you go.....pprobably a bad parent as i should be shielding my little ones from what happens in real life

Originally Posted by weeds

btw there are pleanty of other ads that interest my 9, 12 and 13 year olds way more that waterhouse's ads.........

so there you go.....pprobably a bad parent as i should be shielding my little ones from what happens in real life

Not having a go at you , Weeds, it's just that sometimes we have to make a stand, and I happen to disagree with the betting adds going to air when we know there will be a great many children watching the football. The same could be said for the fast food ads, I guess, and you are right, Parents are responsible for educating their children in life matters. As you no doubt know, youngsters take everything in, sometimes even when we are not aware of it. Bob

Originally Posted by weeds

er yes i have kids......however they are influenced everyday by a 1 000 000 thing......nearly everyday day they ask me about something they have seen or been part off and i take the time to discuss it with them.......every now and than i cannot answer the question so i go off and find out. i think its good that the see as much as they can so they can ask question, learn and make there own minds up.........

btw there are pleanty of other ads that interest my 9, 12 and 13 year olds way more that waterhouse's ads.........

so there you go.....pprobably a bad parent as i should be shielding my little ones from what happens in real life

That's terrible, how can you think your a fit parent for instilling the smarts in your children about the do's and don'ts in society, as opposed to wrapping them in cotton wool and just removing any evil so as they get left to there own devices when the flee the nest

Originally Posted by rovercare

That's terrible, how can you think your a fit parent for instilling the smarts in your children about the do's and don'ts in society, as opposed to wrapping them in cotton wool and just removing any evil so as they get left to there own devices when the flee the nest

Very good. How many children are left to their own devices, without much supervision, do you think? We can be smug, & half smart, and make light of it, but I'm thinking of those children who don't have the advantage of parents who put the effort in. Some of us actually think of others. Bob

Years ago I was involved in AIDS prevention on a local, State, National and International level and one of my colleagues had a then 3 year old. He soon became a barometer of how effective the latest campaigns were when in his innocence he would make some comment. Either the message clicked with him or it confused him, any of us around kids will know what I mean.

That is the problem with gambling advertising on sports TV.

I meant no offence to anyone with this post, you are either for or against, I guess. If you are for, please sign the petition. If against , don't sign. Simple. Let's not complicate this with endless discussion, thak you, Bob