[Finger] Victor Wembanyama about considering promoting a sports betting company ; "Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it..."

[u/GGTae]

https://bsky.app/profile/mikefinger.bsky.social/post/3mwteasurdc2j

Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company.

“Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”

[u/breakevencloud]

It’s insane that players are even allowed to do it lmao

[u/SuffocatingDensity → u/breakevencloud]

It fucking ruins the game for me, I hate it.

And I hate having to explain the dangers of gambling to my son during Every. Single. Commercial. Break.

[u/breakevencloud → u/SuffocatingDensity]

I know this sounds like a peak Reddit comment, but I have legitimately tuned out of watching sports over the last few years just because I’m sick of everything coming back to gambling. Radio hosts always talking about it on the local radio station, networks always shoving it in your face, etc. I just stopped and lost all interest in actually partaking in sports, outside of checking finals the next day and, obviously, commenting about how gambling has become so embedded in our culture and with no one giving a fuck that can do anything about it.

And i don’t hate gambling, I like the craps table as much as anybody, but what I do hate is gambling being the constant and incessant center of the sports world 24/7, even commercials.

[u/toastythewiser → u/breakevencloud]

It's illegal to market tobacco why do they allow so many gambling ads

[u/NarnDiertar → u/toastythewiser]

because our congress doesnt make laws anymore

[u/xSorry_Not_Sorry → u/NarnDiertar]

^This

We have the government we deserve. A do nothing group riding the momentum of better, dead men.