Channel 9 Commentators - Very Poor Form

[Son Of Coco]

What a shock.

 

[Redbacks]

I can vaguely remember hearing we have 20% of the worlds poker machines in Australia. A team like the Panthers in the NRL make $50 million from pokie revenue a season with AFL clubs looking to follow suit.

just found the link for the stat of 20%, although the number itself isn't sourced.
Economy and Lifestyle

*Gambling - Per Capita, Australians spend more money on gambling than any other nation.

*With less than 1 percent of the world's population, Australia has more than 20 percent of its poker machines.

 

[four_or_six]

It "made" Ian Healy sound stupid?

If they weren't talking crap about that, they'd have been talking about something even more irrelevant, like the direction of a slight breeze, design of the scoreboard or run rate less than 3 during the first six overs of an innings.

I definitely should have meant 'more stupid'

 

[Richard]

True, but you can't ban everything because some people are vulnerable. Admittedly, constantly mentioning Betfair throughout the day's play would be annoying. There's a fair chance though that anyone with a gambling problem is already at the TAB/has their bets on in advance. I doubt too many people sitting at home go "Bloody hell...I know nothing about cricket...let's throw $200 on Ntini as the highest scorer...Gee, I lost, but this is addictive!"

You'd be surprised. Clearly the example you give is extreme, but just because gambling is mentioned in context with cricket doesn't mean people sitting listening are going to go out and bet on cricket.

For people trying to wean themselves off gambling, having it constantly mentioned when they're trying to put it from their mind is not helpful at all. Whether you're trying to over-cosset people or not is a moot point. I'd say it's useless enough - advertising gambling that is - to the overwhelming majority (if not everyone) that you could justify not allowing it even if the number of people vulnerable is tiny.

 

[Richard]

What a shock.

Highlights, which I watch a great deal of, tend to cut-out rubbish like commentators pushing ads on this and that.

 

[gwo]

Highlights, which I watch a great deal of, tend to cut-out rubbish like commentators pushing ads on this and that.

Giving you a better idea of how a player performs as opposed to National Selectors.

Right?

Right guys?

 

[Richard]

National selectors as a rule are poor so I probably do have a better idea than most of them, yes.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

National selectors as a rule are poor so I probably do have a better idea than most of them, yes.

Just wow.

 

[Richard]

No just about it.

 

[pasag]

It's smart, I'll give it that. Just another form of product placement that's becoming more and more prominent these days.

 

[gwo]

My bad.

Let me phrase my last post again.

"Giving you (Mighty Richard Dick of replay watching) a better idea of how a player performs as opposed to National Selectors (people who actually watch whole test matches... every single ball)."

Go again

 

[Johnners]

Just wow.

Stupid troll is stupid though.

 

[Richard]

My bad.

Indeed. Shame you even bother, really.

 

[gwo]

At least I watch more cricket than yourself.

 

[Craig]

At least I watch more cricket than yourself.

Do you have a TV on 24/7 watching cricket?

 

[gwo]

Nope, but unlike Dick, I actually don't just watch highlights.

 

[Richard]

At least I watch more cricket than yourself.

No, you don't actually.

 

[Richard]

Nope, but unlike Dick, I actually don't just watch highlights.

As I say, you really don't have much of a clue what you're on about. Thinking I "just watch highlights" is, well, woefully wrong, plain and simple.

 

[gwo]

If..

A

The apparent C9 attempts to bypass this or that - which I clearly don't watch enough live play to notice, either that or I just switch to forget-within-5-seconds mode

and

B

I actually watch enough cricket to notice this blatant advertising

then

C

either I watch a hell of a lot more cricket than you or I pay attention and actually absorb information better than yourself.

Now if you watch a lot of cricket and can't notice this rubbish then I'm just going to have to come to the conclusion that you don't generally absorb information well. Now to say that you absorb your "highlights" better than selectors can through watching whole test matches, suggests you absorb information well.


So its one or the other.
1. You don't watch a lot of cricket (like I do) and thus absorb information extremely well and you can become a cricket forum guru.

or

2. You do watch a lot of cricket and fail at absorbing information big time.

Take your pick Dicky

 

[Richard]

You do realise that cricket is played outside Australia?

Wouldn't be surprised if not mind.