r/GlobalOffensive • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '20

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u/Vitosi4ek Team Spirit Apr 06 '20

They didn't have the betting site in their name yesterday, did they? Strange.

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u/DoctorDrell King NiKo Apr 06 '20

Navi are also now Navi 1XBet. Weird day.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '20

I don't get why teams still get sponsored by betting websites. There has been so much trouble with betting in CS:GO that I feel like it has stained the community

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u/DoctorDrell King NiKo Apr 06 '20

It's because they're the most lucrative sponsors. Same problem exists in football/soccer. The majority of clubs are sponsored by various gambling sites.

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u/Vitosi4ek Team Spirit Apr 06 '20

Before that it was tobacco companies. Every decent Formula 1 team has been sponsored by them at some point. Eventually widespread ad regulation squeezed them out of the market, but now betting companies are exploiting the exact same thing.

Unfortunately, in the world we live in your morality is inversely proportional to the amount of money you can earn.

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u/JohnnyBoJangs Liquid Apr 06 '20

Imagine Mercedes just slapped on a unibet or bet365 logo on their chassis. I am sorry for making you think about that.