Absolute fucking scum, I really hate the grip gambling has on football, and sports in general.
Lightweight. I only gamble on multiplication.
If it’s that TalkTV show with a bunch of betting sponsors, why would Caulker want to work there in the first place? Not trying to victim-blame, but aren’t you practically working with these betting companies if you take up the job?
People often say to me that it’s great players can now open up about their struggles.
Can they really? I certainly wouldn’t encourage it
I’d honestly say the exact same about mental health. When a player opens up everybody will praise them for their bravery and honesty in the moment.
But the minute a discussion about something like being captain/crucial penalties comes up you can guarantee they’ll be a lot of people questioning wether they’re mentally strong enough.
People laughed about Paul Mcgrath saying he’s won MOTM whilst drunk and he’s talking about it deadly serious about what a serious issue he had.
He was suicidal and played games with bandages on his wrists from slitting them.
I feel comparing the mentality to take a penalty vs mental health is weird
You can also say the same about any support for equality. Look at Hendo, shit that he went to Saudi which somewhat goes against his support, but at least he came out and talked about stuff in the first place, it doesn’t remove the fact that he supports lgbtq+ equality, isn’t homophobic, and is inclusive. There’s countless high profile players who have never made a statement either way on lgbtq+ equality etc and could just be homophobic, they don’t get jumped on for going to Saudi though. I’d rather have people speaking in the first place and for that reason I’ll always defend Hendo (somewhat, the way he’s dealt with it has been a bit shit).
But to get to the point no young players going to look at this and think, yeah it’s really worth speaking up for what I believe in, incase it goes south. And that’s all because of how everyone has treated Jordan.
That is mental health in general. A company will often hire a person with mental health problems to be seen as inclusive but as soon as they realise that PTSD and BPD are not some random letters but genuine diagnoseses that greatly affect their new emplyee they want nothing to with you :/
That is genuinely disgusting.
The way he says he ‘finally’ landed a tv job too, sounds pretty gutting.
Should check to see if he sue them, fucking scummy behaviour if true.
This is a non issue. Gambling corporations dont want customers or people who are gambling addicts, they are known as problem gamblers. Thereputable companies will you show the slightest concern that you might be an addict limit your account instantly or shut it down. Caulker with a history of being an gambling addict will never have a job with a reputable gambling company. I have a friend who was declined a job at bet365 as well because his account there had been shut down due to responsible gaming concerns…
He wouldn’t be taking a job at a gambling company though.
He’d be talking about football on a show sponsored by a gambling company.
Bet365 haven’t blocked his employment with a third party because they’re responsibly worried he’ll lose his money. He can do that with, or without, that particular employment.
They blocked it because it would be allowing reality to fly too close to the lie.
It’s hilarious that you think the gambling companies actually care about their customers. Absolutely none of the ‘protection’ protocols they have in place would exist if it was up to them. They run adverts and allow you to limit yourself so they can say to anyone complaining that they do actually care, look at what we are doing. You’ve literally got a story here about them blocking a former addict from appearing on TV because they are scared. Yet you think it’s a non issue, yikes.
Do you think any company ever cares about its customers?
Gambling sites are pos I asked yesterday on fan duel if there was a way I could turn off the casino feature because i mainly use the Sportsbook they closed my account fucking scum
When you lie with the dogs don’t be surprised when you get fleas.
I’m pretty sure they can’t turn off the casino, so they probably did it to protect you.
People seem to wonder why the premier League is the wealthiest in the world and how even relegation clubs get more revenue than other leagues winners. It’s mostly broadcasting revenue.
Where does broadcasting revenue come from? Broadcasters. Where do broadcasters make their money from? Ads. I don’t live in the UK but sail the high seas and I’m shocked at the number of ads before, during and after the matches on Sky. Not even counting all the side frames during the halftime talk and during the games showing me a plethora of odds. It’s abnormal and unheard of in Asia and the middle east (starsports India or BEIN middle east channels).
Sky, who own Skybet and get money from bet365 and other betting sides are the lifeblood of the premier League. They control a chunk of the media. If you attempt to stop gambling sites from promoting themselves the way they are doing so now, things crash very quickly and the premier League no longer can afford all the players and salaries they can now. And it’s a rigged process. It’s obvious they don’t want these persons on their shows.
For the record Broadcasters who have premier league rights get the vast majority of their revenues from subscriptions, not from ads. It’s a significant amount of money from the gambling companies but it is not their main source of income.
Tbf it’ll only be a matter of time until a new big bad becomes the defacto advertising company. But, fuck this, i imagine it’s soooo hard to talk about addictions and for him to get rebuffed due to a shows sponsor is pretty poor.
Which show is this anyway? BT?
Utter bastards.
gambling addition is nothing compared to gambling multiplication. Don’t even get me started on gambling exponentiation.
Checks out. Assholes
This is shameful of both bet365 and the TV company in question for bending to them.
Moments like this really show betting companies really don’t give 2 shits about the responsible gambling campaigns and only about £
Betting has ruined this sport. Change my mind.