A worries of sport fans who don't gamble

[indah rezqi]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

The fact is, gambling has been around for a long time, and I see many people are still able to enjoy a sports match without worrying about the negative impact that gambling might cause. While it cannot be denied that gambling can indirectly potentially disrupt integrity, I prefer to see both things as being able to go hand in hand and be mutually beneficial. I think it is the same as social media, which can also cause negative impacts on sports. So it all depends on the point of view from which we look at it.

[LOVER BOY 422]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

How are they holding anyone not to gamble,if you decided to be watching and making noise in the game show that is their own to me gambling it show interest in it ,not just watching and you don't gamble,all things are not well with that

[Makus]

They can both exist without each other, sports has been existing way before the widespread of gambling. But overtime sports have gotten more attention as a result of gambling activities. If for some reasons gambling ceases to exist it is not going to affect the views on sports on a large scale but a lot of people would lose interest in it. Personally, I got more interested in sports because of gambling, if started learning more about different teams and their game play because I was focused on using those informations to increase my chances fo winning

[Findingnemo]

Fantasy sports is kind of harming the true sports fans because it somehow convinces fans with knowledge can predict and get win and promote it as kind of a skill and anyone who is obsessed with the sport might be triggered with the skill part, because if they didn't do it, then they feel it implies that they are not knowledgeable enough.

Apart from that, the remaining ones that are straight and say it's gambling, aren't really harmful to the sport.

[danherbias07]

Sports have been a big entertainment industry for decades. Gambling is also the same. When I combine, it creates something that makes the sport more entertaining. I don't think there should be a worry about that.

The worrying thing comes from the cheating, fixing games, and most of it happens in small leagues. Up until now, I don't believe it can happen in professional games unless it's the players who will do it and it comes with a penalty or punishment if ever they are caught doing it. We have seen many players being punished by their own professional league. Some of them are banned, while others have been filed a case and are waiting for whatever punishment they will receive.

[Awaklara]

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I don't believe that. Fans who don't gamble, or those who do, will experience the same enjoyment in supporting their favorite team or player. What differs is the thrill they get at the end of the match. 
I am still confused about the bad behavior in betting that you mentioned. 
If you are a fan, you will continue to support your favorite team, whether you are betting on them or not.

[Apocollapse]

I am still confused about the bad behavior in betting that you mentioned. 
If you are a fan, you will continue to support your favorite team, whether you are betting on them or not.

I guess @OP is someone who consider gambling is a bad thing to do, so he's not comfortable.

When he see his favorite team get sponsor from a casino, probably he thought he's supporting the casino too, obviously people who are anti against something will feel bad when there's something related to that thing.

People have to be open minded, learn to respect other people choice.

If they afraid of fixed match, they can see whether it's fixed or not by watch the players' gesture.

[Cookdata]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

The obsession of gambling isn't only the fans who don't gamble, some players that are not well paid get tempted to gamble. It's a punishable offense by Fifa but do we have to assume that there are not players that are not gambling, they are doing it and it's influencing how games goes but they wouldn't let the public know about it. This reason is why I try my best to avoid small leagues, alot of manipulation and hidden gambling going everywhere.

If gambling consume sports too much, a time will come Fifa is going to step in with rules to reduced some of this commercial marketing and sponsorship to keep the nature of sports. If gambling consume sport too much, it's going to be a problem, the passion to watch will not be motivated by love again, it's going to be for money and money only which isn't good.

[peter0425]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

There are toxic fans everywhere even if gambling is not involved. Those fans are just so passionate about their teams that they end up arguing over it and if personal attacks are done it blows out of proportion.

[Patikno]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

Basically, a company doesn't just pop up out of nowhere, they analyze the opportunities they can find. Especially in sports, I think casinos see the opportunities in a market with a large audience, so they open casinos that offer sports betting. So, I conclude that sports betting is fundamentally common, and has been practiced by many people from the past to the present. Therefore, I don't see any difference, meaning there is no commercial impact as you mentioned. Cmiiiw. Perhaps we could discuss this further if there is relevant research, or surveys, but I haven't found any references. So, I present it as my personal assumptions. By the way, I think people used to bet person to person, but now most of them use offers from bookmakers, so I think there are just different ways to bet nowadays.

[Jubilee58]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

One can be a lover of sports and does not gamble or can even be a fan of any club and still don't gamble.
As a person , there is need why you should not be addicted to gambling, brace yourself and ensure you don't gamble all the time to reduce the amount of money you loose will gambling.

People have seen betting as a way of making money and this is the reason while some people can't stop betting even as they loose their money.

[Akbarkoe]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

I haven't clearly understood what you mean by the widespread commercial impact and bad behavior of betting? and can affect the experience of fans? what experience do you mean? is it seeing gambling advertisements on their shirts? or what, I think it's not clear.

If what you're referring to is the gambling advertising that exists in the world of soccer that is gradually expanding every year, I don't think the audience has to worry about it in terms of experience, they can ignore it, and everyone I think has control over themselves.

[Fredomago]

Sports have been a big entertainment industry for decades. Gambling is also the same. When I combine, it creates something that makes the sport more entertaining. I don't think there should be a worry about that.

The worrying thing comes from the cheating, fixing games, and most of it happens in small leagues. Up until now, I don't believe it can happen in professional games unless it's the players who will do it and it comes with a penalty or punishment if ever they are caught doing it. We have seen many players being punished by their own professional league. Some of them are banned, while others have been filed a case and are waiting for whatever punishment they will receive.

Exactly, it added additional entertainment when you add gambling to your favorite sport though it should be taken with full responsibilities knowing the nature and what might be the after-effects of this kind of activities.More on a person's own perspective, and like what you said things will be worrying if there's already a present of cheating in any form either there's fixers behind or those people who are involve the sport like players, officials or even the part of league administrators.

[bubilas]

This could be something to worry about?

Does anyone believe that the ubiquity of betting is harming the integrity and enjoyment of sports rather than maintaining them?

The problem isn't that sports will seize to exist without gambling and betting but that the over commercial and the behaviour harms associated with widespread betting may degrade the experience for fans.

I read this somewhere online and it seems some people are worried about it.

And sports betting was never intended to support sports.The fact is that major sports are sponsored by a wide variety of sources. These aren't always bookmakers or casinos; they're often tech giants or car companies that ultimately have nothing to do with betting. Even if all the bookmakers in the world shut down, it might not affect major sports and the prize money involved. Betting is designed to generate profit for its owners, and that's all. Betting and sports are truly two different things.

[xenomorfo]

They can both exist without each other, sports has been existing way before the widespread of gambling. But overtime sports have gotten more attention as a result of gambling activities. If for some reasons gambling ceases to exist it is not going to affect the views on sports on a large scale but a lot of people would lose interest in it. Personally, I got more interested in sports because of gambling, if started learning more about different teams and their game play because I was focused on using those informations to increase my chances fo winning

Oh God, there are some very nice sports, like handball and rugby, but they are not famous.
Among other things, if we talk about historical sports, rugby is much older than football, yet it does not have the resonance it should have or deserves to have.
Betting, gambling, in my opinion, was born first when ancient men played with dice or similar things.

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a lot of fans nowadays feel that sports are becoming too tied to gambling like before people would just enjoy the game for the love of it cheering for their team, celebrating wins & feeling the energy of competition but now some just focus on odds, bets & cashouts. It’s not totally bad since betting adds excitement for some but when it becomes too much it kinda takes away the pure joy of watching & yeah the behavior part is true some fans get toxic or stressed because they lose money instead of just enjoying the sport.

[Versatile_choice]

a lot of fans nowadays feel that sports are becoming too tied to gambling like before people would just enjoy the game for the love of it cheering for their team, celebrating wins & feeling the energy of competition but now some just focus on odds, bets & cashouts. It’s not totally bad since betting adds excitement for some but when it becomes too much it kinda takes away the pure joy of watching & yeah the behavior part is true some fans get toxic or stressed because they lose money instead of just enjoying the sport.

You know the economy situation is dragging most people into doing anything they know they can just to survive, and truly back in those days gambling is mainly treated as fun only few were gambling for the profit making still they don't make it look obvious. But nowadays majority of gamblers are in for the profit and not for the love of it why few are still maintain the love of it, and it is very hard to tell people to gamble for fun and entertainment since majority are proclaiming that one can make a source of income from gambling or gambling can change one Life to a better one so those who are just making entry are now capitalizing on that fact.

[TheUltraElite]

Sports organizations are not worried about it, they want more of it. Because they get sponsorship from gambling sites and thus this will continue. If someone feels that the sportsmanship of sports is going away then it is their personality opinion. Gambling on sports have been happening for years now and thus this is nothing new.

Just watch the games and enjoy it while they last, forget about what people think and say, gamble if you want to but at your own risk and responsibility.

[verdinio]

Betting has become so common that it is slowly changing how people experience sports these days because what used to be about passion and team loyalty has now turned into a game of money, odds and risks. For many young people, gambling has become a means of survival or a quick side hustle. I have friends who see gambling as an opportunity while there are some of my friends that see it as an escape, regardless of whatever you see it, gambling is a game that comes with loss of money and sometimes mental health too so if you are not a strong person either in handling your finances or your mental health through discipline, you will just lose yourself and what you have to gambling which should never be the case

Yes, betting is becoming much more than just entertainment and this is putting some vulnerable people at risk. Now the championship is played every day and therefore it is easy to always find the right bet to make at the right time and for this reason it then becomes an addiction.

[Kelward]

I get what you mean, it seems like betting is becoming so much synonymous with sports that it's almost like every sports fan is a potential bettor and the sports fans who don't gamble will not like that theory. You will see bet sites advertising on sports shows and on social media making more people to have awareness about betting on sports. I don't think that it should be a problem for sports fans who don't like to bet, they should just focus on what they love more which is the games. Likewise there are gamblers who ordinarily don't have interest in sports but because of bet and analysis they decide to create interest in sports. It should be a win win for sports and bets.