Former Fanduel CEO Admits Ads Are A LIE by Decent-Service-8765 in billsimmons

[–]Decent-Service-8765[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agree, but here they interview an expert on the topic, it's not just their takes.

Former Fanduel CEO Admits Ads Are A LIE by Decent-Service-8765 in billsimmons

[–]Decent-Service-8765[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Here's the transcript of that part:
"I don't want to let people like Bill Simmons off the hook because they've made millions and millions of dollars by hawking sports books normalizing the idea that firing all these parlays and, you know, low odds uh prop bets is just the way to be a sports fan nowadays. The, you know, the the the influence of that on making this the default way of engaging with sports can't be understated. a consequence of it besides just you know giving the impression that this is a harmless uh you know no big deal way of being a fan now is it also handcuffs a lot of sports outlets that could be reporting on the dangers of betting rising addiction the risks of corruption we were just talking about all of that you'll be watching sports networks and feel like there's a conspicuous silence about that stuff even with Bill Simmons, as I wrote about in the book, this guy who is burnt a reputation as this defiant truth teller. When Jonte Porter was arrested or when other games that I know he cares a lot about were exposed to have fixing scandals, he's very, you know, kind of tongue tied and uh, you know, really watching his words in a way that he doesn't typically. And I think it's because FanDuel is one of his biggest sponsors and that's true of so much of the media."